New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- The Delhi High Court has held that advanced age cannot be a ground to presume that an elderly person has stopped contributing economically to the family, emphasising that unpaid household work and caregiving services rendered by older women must be recognised while determining compensation in motor accident cases.

Justice Anish Dayal observed that compensation cannot be assessed on stereotypes or assumptions that a person ceases to contribute to the household merely because of age. The absence of monetary remuneration for domestic work cannot be allowed to benefit the person responsible for the accident or reduce the compensation payable to the victim.

The court made the observations while enhancing the compensatio...