Case Law Analysis
|Andhra Pradesh High Court
Dependency Trumps Marital Validity | Second Wife Entitled to Motor Accident Compensation Under MV Act : Andhra Pradesh HC
The Andhra Pradesh High Court ruled that dependency, not marital validity, determines entitlement to motor accident compensation under the Motor Vehicles Act. The court enhanced the award to ₹4.22 lakh with 7.5% interest, emphasizing that financial reliance on the deceased overrides formal marital disputes in claims tribunals.