Supreme Court · 1999 INSC 169 · Decided 8 April 1999
Ashwani Kumar Mishra v. P. Muniam Babu and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1999 INSC 169 · [1999] 2 S.C.R. 518
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2158/1999
- Decided
- 8 April 1999
- Bench
- S. SAGHIR AHMAD, R.P. SETHI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Motcr Vehicles Act, 1988 : Sections 140, 141, 142, 146, 149, 166, 168, 171, 173-Compensation C against accident claim-Criteria to be followed by courts-Some guesswork, some hypothetical consideration and some amount of sympathy coupled with the nature and seriousness of injury are all relevant-But in which he became permanently incapacitated to work-Required permanent D attendant to look after him for the rest of his life-Held, appellant was right in claiming a monthly income of Rs. 2, 000 while working with his father's firm-Absence of documentary evidence to show employment or income
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