Compensation in motor vehicle accident case -- Income Tax Return – Non-examination of official of IT Department – Effect of -- Considering the scheme of the Act, which is a beneficial piece of legislation, the income-tax returns produced by the claimants ought not to be rejected merely because they have not been proved by some official from the Income Tax Department unless some serious doubts are raised qua the authenticity of the same.

(P&H HC) Decided on: 12.05.2022