MUMBAI, July 14 -- The Bombay high court recently enhanced compensation to a victim of a road accident that rendered him vegetative. An additional Rs.40.35 lakh in damages is to be paid to the 33-year-old by the United India Insurance Company Ltd for lifelong medical care, physiotherapy, and a personal attendant. On July 4, 2016, a school bus taking a sharp turn collided against Atul Dattaray Wadhane's motorcycle in Dahisar, injuring him with a cervical spine fracture and spinal cord rupture. He was rendered paraplegic and bedridden after the accident. The police had registered a FIR and filed a chargesheet against the bus driver, Sabastian Panthikulangara. A Motor Accident Claims Tribunal awarded a compensation of Rs.1,11,64,740 to Wadhane to be paid by his insurance company for the pain, functional disability, loss of amenities and marriage prospects. However, the company and Wadhane approached the Bombay high court in 2022, challenging the tribunal's decision. While the insurance company sought a reduction of the compensation, Wadhane sought an enhancement of the award. "He is a 25-year-old young man whose dreams and aspirations have been tragically extinguished. He now lies bedridden, staring in a single direction with no control over his body or life," said the court and decided that he is entitled to an enhanced compensation of Rs.1,52,00,100....