Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 681 · Decided 27 October 2021
Jithendran v. The New India Assurance CO. LTD. & Anr
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 681 · [2021] 10 S.C.R. 147
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6494/2021
- Decided
- 27 October 2021
- Bench
- R. SUBHASH REDDY, HRISHIKESH ROY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: Compensation - Motor accident - Pillion rider - 21 years old at the time of accident - Earning Rs. 4500/- per month - Suffered severe head injuries and totally immobilized and initially remained admitted in hospital for 191 days - He hemiparesis and total aphasia and the prognosis for him was 69% permanent disability - Tribunal determined compensation at Rs. 5,74,320 by applying multiplier of 17 - High Court quantified a higher sum of Rs. 9,38,952/- as compensation, by adding 40% as future prospect, Rs.100,000
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