In the absence of any bar in the Act, the Tribunal and for that reason any competent Court is entitled to award higher compensation to the victim of an accident.
Supreme Court of India
Sanjay Batham vs Munnalal Parihar & Ors. on 1 November, 2011
Bench: G.S. Singhvi, Asok Kumar Ganguly
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