Supreme Court: What should be the distinction between approach of court while granting compensation under Motor vehicles Act and compensation for tortious liability?

Furthermore, Motor Vehicles Act of 1988 is a beneficial
 and welfare legislation Ningamma v United India Insurance Co. Ltd., (2009) 13 SCC 710  that seeks to provide
compensation as per the contemporaneous position of an
 individual which is essentially forward-looking. Unlike
tortious liability, which is chiefly concerned with making up
for the past and reinstating a claimant to his original
position, the compensation under the Act is concerned with
providing stability and continuity in peoples’ lives in the
 future. See Peter Cane, Atiyah’s Accidents, Compensation and the Law (7th Edition, Cambridge University Press, 2006) Keeping the abovementioned principles in the backdrop, we now move on to the facts at hand. {Para 12}
REPORTABLE
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
 CIVIL APPEA L NOS. 1162 – 1163 OF 2025
S. VISHNU GANGA & ORS Vs M/S ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED.
Author: AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH, J.
Citation:  2025 INSC 123.
Citation: JANUARY 29, 2025.
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