motor vehicles act, 1988 (59 of 1988) Section 166 – Personal expenses – Deceased living abroad – Deduction – Even though in Sarla Verma it was held that the deduction towards personal and living expenses should be 1/4th, if the number of dependant family members is four, in the present case, we feel that 50% of the income of the deceased would be required to be deducted, since he was living in a foreign country – The deceased had to maintain an establishment there, and incur expenditure for the same in commensurate with the high cost of living in a foreign country – Therefore, we are of the view that the High Court rightly deducted 50% of his income towards personal and living expenses.
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