#dependency not required

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has affirmed that under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, legal representatives of a deceased victim - including adult, non-dependent sons - are entitled to compensation without needing to prove financial dependency. This ruling reinforces the Supreme Court’s precedent in National Insurance Co. v. Birender, expanding access to no-fault compensation beyond traditional notions of economic loss and protecting the rights of all statutory claimants.