India, May 13 -- The Bombay high court has upheld a compensation of Rs.62.2 lakh awarded by the Motor Accidents Claim Tribunal (MACT), Mumbai, to the family of Charu Khandal, a former character animator at Red Chillies Entertainment-Shah Rukh Khan's production house-who sustained severe spinal injuries in a 2012 road accident and died nearly five years later.

A division bench of Justices Girish Kulkarni and Advait Sethna, while dismissing an appeal filed by the insurer, Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Company Ltd, observed that the compensation was "fair and reasonable" in light of the circumstances.

"Perfect compensation is hardly possible, but fair compensation ought to be the norm. Each case has to be decided on its own facts," th...