Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988—Section 166—Accident—Compensation—View of the Tribunals that in every case the amount of compensation should be invested in long term fixed deposit and under no circumstances the Tribunal can release the entire amount of compensation to the claimant even if it is required by him, held, is not correct—The guidelines issued in the case of General Manger, Kerala State Road Transport Corporation, Trivandrum v. Susamma Thomas and Others, AIR 1994 SC 1631, were not to be understood to mean that the Tribunals were to take a rigid stand while considering an application seeking release of the money—The guidelines cast a responsibility on the Tribunals to pass appropriate orders after examining each case on its own merits.