As per case facts... Respondent No.1 (claimant) filed a claim application under Section 163-A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, seeking compensation for permanent disability sustained in a road accident. ... The claimant stated his monthly salary and daily allowance, which cumulatively resulted in an annual income exceeding the forty thousand rupees threshold for Section 163-A claims. The Claims Tribunal awarded compensation, but the appellant (Insurance Company) appealed, contending that the claim under Section 163-A was not maintainable due to the claimant's income exceeding the statutory limit. The appellant also argued about errors in disability assessment, lack of deductions for personal expenses, and failure to consider contributory negligence. The question arose... whether a claim under Section 163-A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, is maintainable when the claimant's annual income, as declared in the claim petition and supported by evidence, exceeds the prescribed statutory limit of forty thousand rupees, and if the compensation awarded by the Claims Tribunal was excessive and without proper justification. Finally... the Court, relying on established precedents including Deepal Girishbhai Soni, reiterated that Section 163-A was specifically enacted to provide immediate relief to individuals whose annual income does not exceed forty thousand rupees, offering a distinct social security scheme. Claims involving claimants whose annual income surpasses this specified limit are not eligible for adjudication under Section 163-A and must instead be pursued under Chapter XII of the Motor Vehicles Act. Consequently, since the claimant's declared income exceeded the forty thousand rupees annual threshold, the claim petition under Section 163-A was deemed non-maintainable, and the impugned award directing compensation payment was therefore set aside.