Siblings-in-Law Can Claim Accident Compensation as Dependents Upon Proving Financial Dependency: Sikkim High Court

The Sikkim High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by National Insurance Company Limited against a compensation award of ₹85,59,880 granted to three siblings-in-law of a woman who died in a road accident. The Court held that the question of whether a claimant is financially dependent cannot be decided merely by looking at the claimant's relationship with the deceased. Dependency has to be determined on the basis of the evidence…