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SCHEDULE II THE MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988 207

1 [THE SECOND SCHEDULE
[Refer section 163A]
SCHEDULE FOR COMPENSATION FOR THIRD PARTY
FATAL ACCIDENTS/INJURY CASES CLAIMS
1. (a) Fatal Accidents
Compensation payable in case of Death shall be five lakh rupees.
(b) Accidents resulting in permanent disability:
Compensation payable shall be = [Rs. 5,00,000/- × percentage disability as per Schedule I
of the Employees’ Compensation Act, 1923 (8 of 1923)]:
PROVIDED that the minimum compensation in case of permanent disability of any kind
shall not be less than fifty thousand rupees.
(c) Accidents resulting in minor injury:
A fixed compensation of twenty-five thousand rupees shall be payable.
2. On and from the date of 1st day of January, 2019, the amount of compensation specified in
the clauses (a) to (c) of paragraph (1) shall stand increased by 5 per cent. annually.]
3. This notification shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

1 Omitted by the Motor Vehicles (Amdt.) Act, 2019 (32 of 2019), dt. 9-8-2019, w.e.f. 1-4-2022
vide SO 859(E), dt. 25-2-2022.