Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 393 · Decided 12 May 2011
B. Kothandapani v. Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation LTD.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 393 · [2011] 6 S.C.R. 791
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4330/2011
- Decided
- 12 May 2011
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, B.S. CHAUHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: A B Compensation towards "permanent disability" - In a c motor vehicle accident claimant-Foreman suffered partial loss of eye-sight and amputation of right hand finger - HELD: Tribunal rightly awarded compensation under the head "permanent disability" of earning capacity. o The appellant, met with a motor vehicle accident as a result of which, besides other injuries, he suffered disability due to partial loss of eye-sight and amputation of middle finger of his right hand. He was a Foreman in a company and his monthly salary after deductions
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