Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 373 · Decided 3 August 2021
Hdfc Ergo General Insurance CO. LTD. v. Mukesh Kumar & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 373 · [2021] 5 S.C.R. 927
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4576/2021
- Decided
- 3 August 2021
- Bench
- SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, HRISHIKESH ROY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - Compensation under - For permanent disability - Whether while determining compensation, whether directions can be passed in the manner of a direction in perpetuity for continued maintenance of a prosthetic limb for the injured claimant - compensation cannot be by a continuing mandamus - The determination must take place at one go - However, there must be a provision for maintenance/ replacement of the prosthetic limb, while fixing a lump sum amount - Claimant is directed to file an affidavit setting forth the
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