Unborn Child Entitled to Compensation Under MV Act: P&H High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court ruled that a child in the mother’s womb at the time of an accident is entitled to compensation under the Motor Vehicles Act.

The court increased the compensation by ₹9.29 lakh, noting that the Tribunal had not awarded amounts for the loss of estate and loss of consortium to the claimants. 

The case involved a fatal motor accident in 2019, where the victim’s wife was five months pregnant at the time of his death.

The court directed the revised amount to be paid with 7.5% annual interest from the claim filing date.