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May 13, 2021 10:09 IST
The recent judgment, authored by Chief Justice Ramana, came in a petition filed by the children of a 37-year-old self-employed woman who died in a car accident 11 years ago.
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A policeman inspects the mangled remains of a car after an accident near Nizamuddin West Road, in New Delhi, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. | Photo Credit:
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The recent judgment, authored by Chief Justice Ramana, came in a petition filed by the children of a 37-year-old self-employed woman who died in a car accident 11 years ago.
: The Supreme Court has held that an extra 40% should be added to the income of fatal road accident victims, aged below 40 and self-employed, while calculating compensation.
India tops the world with 11% of global death in road accidents: World Bank report
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Synopsis India tops the world in road crash deaths and injuries. It has 1 per cent of the world s vehicles but accounts for 11 per cent of all road crash deaths, witnessing 53 road crashes every hour; killing 1 person every 4 minutes, the report said.
In the last decade, 13 lakh people died and another 50 lakh got injured on Indian roads, it said.
New Delhi: With just 1 per cent of the world s vehicles, India accounts for 11 per cent of the global death in road accidents, the highest in the world, according to a report by the World Bank. The country accounts for about 4.5 lakh road crashes per annum, in which 1.5 lakh people die.