[2026:RJ-JP:7112] HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR S.B. Civil Miscellaneous Appeal No. 2232/2019 1. Rajesh Kumar S/o Shri Devkarn 2. Seema Bai W/o Rajesh Kumar, Both Appellants Are R/o Talipura, Tehsil & Distt. Tonk (Raj) ----Claimants/Appellants Versus 1. Kunjbihari S/o Shri Ramkaran Mali (Driver) 2. Ramkaran S/o Kishan Lal Mali, R/o Panchkua Solangpura Tonk Tehsil & Distt. Tonk. (Owner) 3. United India Insurance Co Ltd. Through Regional Manager, At Regional Office Sahara Chamber, Tonk Road, Jaipur. ----Non-Claimants/Respondents For Appellant(s) : Mr. Sunil Jain, Adv. For Respondent(s) : Mr. Ajay Kumar Tanenia, Adv. HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH KUMAR Judgment 27/01/2026 1- vihykFkhZx.k }kjk ;g vihy /kkjk&173 eksVj okgu vf/kfu;e&1988 ds rgr U;k;ky; U;k;k/kh'k] eksVj;ku nq?kZVuk nkok vf/kdj.k] Vksad ¼ftls vkxs ^fo}ku vf/kdj.k* ds uke ls lacksf/kr fd;k tk,xk½ }kjk Dyse ;kfpdk la[;k&351@2016] jkts'k dqekj o vU; cuke dqUtfcgkjh o vU; esa ikfjr fu.kZ; fnukad 19-01-2019 ¼ftls vkxs ^vk{ksfir fu.kZ;^ ds uke ls lacksf/kr fd;k tk,xk½ ds fo#) izLrqr dh xbZ gSA 2- vihykFkhZx.k }kjk eksVj okgu nq?kZVuk esa muds rhu o"khZ; iq= iadt mQZ izrhd dh e`R;q gks tkus ds QyLo:i dqy 86]20]000@& #i;s Dyse izkIr djus gsrq Dyse ;kfpdk fo}ku vf/kdj.k ds le{k izLrqr dh x;h FkhA fo}ku vf/kdj.k }kjk mDr Dyse ;kfpdk esa ;kphx.k dks dqy 3]30]000@& #i;s dh {kfriwfrZ jkf'k e; C;kt 7-5 izfr'kr lkykuk dh nj ls fnyokbZ [2026:RJ-JP:7112] (2 of 7) [CMA-2232/2019] x;h gSA fo}ku vf/kdj.k ds mDr vk{ksfir fu.kZ; ls O;fFkr gksdj gLrxr vihy] vihykFkhZx.k dh vksj ls {kfriwfrZ jkf'k esa c<+ksrjh fd;s tkus gsrq izLrqr dh x;h gSA 3- nkSjkus cgl fo}ku vf/koDrk vihykFkhZx.k dk rdZ jgk gS fd fo}ku vf/kdj.k }kjk e`rd dks ,deq'r {kfriwfrZ jkf'k fnyokbZ tkdj =qfV dkfjr dh x;h gS] tcfd oDr ?kVuk e`rd iadt mQZ izrhd 03 o"khZ; ckyd Fkk] ftls dq'ky Jfed dh Js.kh esa j[kk tkdj rRle; izpfyr U;wure etnwjh ds vk/kkj ij mldh vk; fu/kkZfjr dh tkuh pkfg, FkhA fo}ku vf/koDRkk vihykFkhZx.k dk ;g Hkh rdZ jgk gS fd fo}ku vf/kdj.k }kjk dalksfVZ;e dh en esa dksbZ jkf'k vihykFkhZx.k dks ugha fnyokbZ x;h gS rFkk vU; enksa esa Hkh vR;f/kd de jkf'k fnyokbZ x;h gS] ftuesa c<+ksrjh dh tkosA vr% vihykFkhZx.k dh vksj ls izLrqr vihy dks Lohdkj fd;k tkdj fo}ku vf/kdj.k }kjk ikfjr vk{ksfir fu.kZ; dks la'kksf/kr dj {kfriwfrZ jkf'k esa c<+ksrjh fd;s tkus dh izkFkZuk dh x;hA 4- blds foijhr fo}ku vf/koDrk izR;FkhZ chek daiuh dh vksj ls vihykFkhZx.k ds mijksDr rdksZa dk fojks/k djrs gq, fo}ku vf/kdj.k }kjk ikfjr fd;s x;s fu.kZ; dh iqf"V fd;s tkus rFkk vihykFkhZx.k dh vksj ls lafLFkr dh x;h vihy dks fujLr fd;s tkus dk fuosnu fd;k x;kA 5- nksuksa i{kksa dh cgl lquh x;hA i=koyh dk voyksdu fd;k x;kA 6- i=koyh ds voyksdu ls izdV gksrk gS fd ekeys dh ?kVuk fnukad 07-07-2016 dh crkbZ x;h gS rFkk oDr ?kVuk e`rd ckyd dks 03 o"kZ vk;q dk gksuk crk;k x;k gSA fo}ku vf/kdj.k }kjk ekuuh; mPpre U;k;ky; ds U;kf;d n`"Vkar us'kuy ba';ksjsal dEiuh fyfeVsM cuke iz.k; lsBh o vU; fjiksVsZM bu ¼2017½ 16 ,l-lh-lh- 680 ds ekeys esa izfrikfnr fl)kUr ds vuqlkj oDr ?kVuk e`rd ckyd dh dkYifud vk; 15]000@& #i;s okf"kZd fu/kkZfjr djrs gq, vk; dh {kfr ds en esa ,deq'r 3]00]000@& #i;s dh jkf'k rFkk lEink o vafre laLdkj dh en eas 15]000&15000@& #i;s dh jkf'k vihykFkhZx.k dks fnyokbZ x;h gSA ;gka ;g lqLFkkfir fof/k gS fd ftu ekeyksa esa vkgr@e`rd dh vk; izekf.kr ugha gks] ogka vkgr@e`rd dks vdq'ky] v)Zdq'ky o dq'ky Jfed dh Js.kh esa j[kk [2026:RJ-JP:7112] (3 of 7) [CMA-2232/2019] tkdj rRle; izpfyr U;wure etnwjh ds vk/kkj ij mldh vk; fu/kkZfjr dh tkuh pkfg,A bl laca/k esa ekuuh; mPpre U;k;ky; }kjk U;kf;d n`"VkUr Hitesh Nagjibhai Patel Vs. Bababhai Nagjibhai Rabari & Anr., Civil Appeal No. 10278/2025 (Arising Out of SLP (C) No. 14444/2025) esa ;g er O;Dr fd;k gS fd %& "9. On the aspect of monthly income of the minor appellant, we are inclined to interfere with the judgment and order of the Courts below. In the present case, it is evident that the Courts below have failed to take into account the monthly income of the appellant while determining the quantum of compensation. It is now a well-entrenched and consistently reiterated principle of law that a minor child who suffers death or permanent disability in a motor vehicle accident, cannot be placed in the same category as a non-earning individual for the purposes of assessing the amount of compensation because the child was not engaged in gainful employment at the time of the accident. In such a case, the computation of compensation under the head of loss of income ought to be made by adopting, at the very least, the minimum wages payable to a skilled workman as notified for the relevant period in the respective State where the cause of action arises. The said observation was rendered by this Court, in Kajal v. Jagdish Chand and Ors.3, and Baby Sakshi Greola v. Manzoor Ahmad Simon and Anr.4. 14. As can be seen, there is a great difference between the compensation as awarded by the Courts below and the compensation payable as per law. We are constraint to observe that appeals to the High Court as well as to this Court were entirely avoidable, since the law had been amply clarified well before the order of the Tribunal was made on 17.10.2021 by way of the judgment rendered by this Court in Kajal (supra) decided on 05.02.2020. Both the Courts were duty-bound to keep abreast [2026:RJ-JP:7112] (4 of 7) [CMA-2232/2019] with the law as clarified by this Court, ensuring that the judgments and orders passed by them are entirely in order therewith. 15. For the purpose of emphasis, it is again clarified here that when a Tribunal or the High Court in appeal, is concerned with the case involving a child having suffered injury or having passed away, the calculation of loss of income necessarily has to be made on the matric of minimum wages payable to a skilled worker in the respective State at the relevant point of time. It is our hope that this restatement helps avoiding such errors and thereby obviates the necessity of this Court’s interference, applying well-established principles of law." 7- ,slh fLFkfr esa ge] Hitesh Nagjibhai Patel (supra) ds ekeys esa ikfjr er ls lger gksrs gq, bl ekeys esa e`r ckyd dks oDr ?kVuk dq'ky Jfed dh Js.kh esa j[kk tkdj rRle; izpfyr U;wure etnwjh ds vk/kkj ij mldh vk; fu/kkZfjr fd;k tkuk mfpr le>rs gSA ?kVuk fnukad 07-07-2016 dh crkbZ x;h gSA oDr ?kVuk dq'ky Jfed dh nSfud vk; 221@& #i;s] rn~uqlkj ekfld vk; 221 x 30 = 6]630@& #i;s fu/kkZfjr fd;k tkuk ge mfpr le>rs gaSA Dyse ;kfpdk esa oDr ?kVuk e`rd ckyd dks 03 o"kZ vk;q dk gksuk crk;k x;k gSA ,slh fLFkfr esa iz.k; lsBh o vU; ¼mijksDr½ ds ekeys esa izfrikfnr fl)kUr ds vuqlkj e`rd dh vk;q dks n`f"Vxr j[krs gq, fu/kkZfjr ekfld vk; ij Hkfo"; dh izR;k'kk dh en esa 40 izfr'kr dh Hkfo";&o`f) fd;k tkuk visf{kr gSA rn~uqlkj 6]630@& #i;s dk 40 izfr'kr 2]652@& #i;s gksrk gSA mDr 40 izfr'kr jkf'k dks e`rd dh fu/kkZfjr ekfld vk; esa tksM+s tkus ds mijkar e`rd dh dqy ekfld vk; 9]282@& #i;s gksrh gS] tks {kfriwfrZ ds fu/kkZj.k dk vk/kkj jgsxhA 8- oDr ?kVuk e`rd vfookfgr FkkA ,slh fLFkfr esa e`rd ds O;fDrxr [kpZ dh dVkSrh ds en eas 1@2 Hkkx dh dVkSrh fd;k tkuk visf{kr gSA 9]282@& #i;s dk 1@2 Hkkx 4]641@& #i;s gksrk gS] ftls fu/kkZfjr [2026:RJ-JP:7112] (5 of 7) [CMA-2232/2019] ekfld vk; esa ls ?kVkus ds mijkar vkfJr vk; dh 'ks"k jkf'k 4]641@& #i;s gksrh gSA oDr ?kVuk e`rd ckyd dh vk;q 03 o"kZ FkhA ,slh fLFkfr esa ljyk oekZ o vU; cuke nsgyh VªklaiksVZ dkWiksZjs'ku o vU; fjiksVsZM bu ¼2009½ 6 ,l-lh-lh- 121 rFkk iz.k; lsBh ¼mijksDr½ ds ekeys esa izfrikfnr fl)kUr ds vk/kkj ij e`rd ckyd dh vk;q dks n`f"Vxr j[krs gq, 15 dk xq.kd yxk;k tkuk visf{kr gSA 9- rn~uqlkj e`rd dh fu/kkZfjr ekfld vk; 4]641@& #i;s ds vk/kkj ij vihykFkhZx.k dks gksus okyh vkfJr vk; dh dqy {kfr 4]641 x 12 x 15 = 8]35]380@& #i;s gksrh gS] tks vihykFkhZx.k izkIr djus ds vf/kdkjh gSaA 10- fo}ku vf/kdj.k }kjk vihykFkhZx.k dks dalksfVZ;e dh en esa dksbZ jkf'k ugha fnyokbZ x;h gSA ekuuh; mPpre U;k;ky; ds U;kf;d n`"Vkar iz.k; lsBh ¼mijksDr½ o ;wukbZVsM bf.M;k ba';ksjsal dEiuh fyfeVsM cuke lfrUnj dkSj mQZ lrfoUnj dkSj o vU; fjiksVsZM bu ¼2021½ 11 ,llhlh 780 o vU; U;kf;d n`"Vkar esxek tujy ba';ksjsal dEiuh fyfeVsM cuke ukuw jke mQZ pqg: jke o vU; fjiksVsZM bu ¼2018½ 18 ,llhlh 130 ds ekeyksa esa izfrikfnr fl)kUr ds vuqlkj izR;sd vkfJr dks 40]000@& #i;s dalksfVZ;e dh en esa fnyok;s tkus dk fl)kUr izfrikfnr fd;k x;k gSA 11- bl laca/k esa fo}ku vf/koDrk vihykFkhZx.k dh vksj ls O;Dr fd;k x;k gS fd iz.k; lsBh ¼mijksDr½ ds ekeys esa izfrikfnr fl}kUr ds vuqlkj e`rd ds vkfJrx.k dks dalksfVZ;e dh en esa] vafre laLdkj o lEink dh gkfu ds en esa nh tkus okyh fu/kkZfjr jkf'k esa izR;sd 03 o"kZ esa 10 izfr'kr jkf'k dh c<+ksrjh fd;s tkus dk vkns'k fn;k x;k gSA blfy, bl ekeys esa Hkh mDr enksa esa 10 izfr'kr dh o`f) dh tkdj vihykFkhZx.k dks {kfriwfrZ jkf'k fnyokbZ tkosA 12- tgka rd dalksfVZ;e dh en esa] vafre laLdkj rFkk lEink dh gkfu ds en esa e`rd ds vkfJrx.k dks fnyokbZ tkus okyh fu/kkZfjr jkf'k esa c<+ksrjh fd;s tkus dk iz'u gS rks bl laca/k esa ekuuh; mPpre U;k;ky; }kjk U;kf;d n`"Vkar glhuk ;kLehu o vU; cuke us'kuy ba';ksjsal dEiuh fyfeVsM o vU; fjiksVsMZ bu 2025 ,l-lh-lh- vkWuykbZu ,l-lh- 2919 esa fuEufyf[kr er O;Dr fd;k x;k gS fd %& [2026:RJ-JP:7112] (6 of 7) [CMA-2232/2019] "7. According to us, the Constitution Bench decision only provided for an enhancement of 10% in every three-year period with respect to accidents which occurred after 2017, the first enhancement being applied in 2020. Otherwise, as is indicated in the cited decision; which we find, with due respect, difficult to accept, the accident in 2010 is applied with a 10% increase when it is disposed of in 2020 and a further 10% increase if the matter is finally disposed of in 2023. This with due respect is not the purport of the decision in Pranay Sethi1, as we understand it. There cannot be any enhancement made with respect to an accident which occurred in the year 1998, since the compensation for loss of estate and consortium as also expenses incurred for funeral is as on that date, which has been standardized by Pranay Sethi at 15,000/-, 40,000/- & 15,000/-, the delay in payment of which is compensated by the interest directed to be paid." 13- gLrxr ekeys dh ?kVuk o"kZ 2016 dh crkbZ x;h gSA ,slh fLFkfr ;g U;k;ky;] ekuuh; mPpre U;k;ky; ds U;kf;d n`"Vkar glhuk ;kLehu ¼mijksDr½] iz.k; lsBh ¼mijksDr½] lfrUnj dkSj mQZ lrfoUnj dkSj ¼mijksDr½ o ukuw jke mQZ pqg: jke ¼mijksDr½ ds ekeyksa esa izfrikfnr fl)kUr ds vuqlkj ?kVuk dh frfFk dks n`f"Vxr j[krs gq,] e`rd ds firk o ekrk vihykFkhZ la[;k&1 o 2 dks ^^fQfy;y dalksfVZ;e** dh en esa izR;sd dks 40]000@& #i;s ¼dqy 80]000@& #i;s½ dh jkf'k dalksfVZ;e dh en es fnyok;k tkuk mfpr le>rh gSA 14- fo}ku vf/kdj.k }kjk vihykFkhZx.k dks vafre laLdkj dh en esa 15]000@& #i;s rFkk lEink dh gkfu ds en esa 15]000@& #i;s dh jkf'k fnyokbZ x;h gS tks iz.k; lsBh ¼mijksDr½ ds ekeys esa izfrikfnr fl)kUr ds vuqlkj mfpr izrhr gksrh gS] ftlesa dksbZ gLr{ksi fd;k tkuk ge mfpr ugha le>rs gSaA [2026:RJ-JP:7112] (7 of 7) [CMA-2232/2019] 15- mDrkuqlkj vihykFkhZx.k@DysesaV~l fuEu izdkj ls {kfriwfrZ jkf'k izkIr djus ds vf/kdkjh gSa %& Øe la- 'kh"kZ@en bl fu.kZ; ds rgr fu/kkZfjr dh x;h jkf’k ¼:i;s esa½ 1- vkfJr vk; dh {kfr ds en esa 8]35]380@& 2- dalksfVZ;e ds en esa dqy 80]000@& 3- vafre laLdkj ds en esa 15]000@& 4- lEink dh gkfu ds en esa 15]000@& bl U;k;ky; }kjk fu/kkZfjr dh xbZ {kfriwfrZ jkf'k 9]45]380@& fo}ku vf/kdj.k }kjk fnyokbZ xbZ {kfriwfrZ jkf'k 3]30]000@& c<+ksrjh i'pkr~ {kfriwfrZ jkf'k esa varj 6]15]380@& 16- rnuqlkj nkokdrkZ@vihykFkhZx.k dh vksj ls lafLFkr vihy vkaf’kd :i ls Lohdkj dh tkdj fo}ku vf/kdj.k }kjk ikfjr iapkV] ftlds }kjk nkokdrkZ@vihykFkhZx.k dks 3]30]000@& :i;s fnyok;s tkus dk vkns'k ikfjr fd;k x;k gS] ds LFkku ij 9]45]380@& :i;s dk iapkV ikfjr fd;k tkrk gSA mDr jkf'k ij fu;ekuqlkj vk;dj dVkSrh dh tkosxhA vihykFkhZx.k }kjk iwoZ esa izkIr dh x;h jkf’k dks iapkV jkf’k esa ls lek;ksftr fd;k tkdj 'ks"k jkf’k vihykFkhZx.k izkIr djus ds vf/kdkjh ik;s tkrs gSaA 17- bl vkns'k }kjk c<kbZ xbZ lEiw.kZ {kfriwfrZ jkf'k ij ;kfpdk nk;j djus dh frfFk ls nkokdrkZ@vihykFkhZx.k] 08 izfr'kr okf"kZd C;kt izkIr djus ds vf/kdkjh gSaA 18- rn~uqlkj mijksDr vihy fuLrkfjr dh tkrh gSA 19- lHkh yfEcr izkFkZuk&i=ksa dks Hkh mijksDrkuqlkj fuLrkfjr fd;k tkrk gSA (ASHUTOSH KUMAR),J LOKESH RAJ /84-S