Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 624 · Decided 9 May 2008
K. Janardhan v. United India Insurance CO. LTD. & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 624 · [2008] 8 S.C.R. 157
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5831/2002
- Decided
- 9 May 2008
- Bench
- TARUN CHATTERJEE, H.S. BEDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 8, 9; Workmen's Compensation Act Section 2(1)(e)
Headnote
Workmen's Compensation Act - s.2(1)(e) - Compensa- tion - For disablement incapacitating the victim for work which he was capable of performing at the time of accident - Appel- c /ant, tanker driver, met with accident- His right leg amputated from the knee - Appellant was 30 years of age at the Rs.20001- per month - Claim for com- pensation - Held: Appellant suffered 100% disability and in- capacity in earning his keep as a tanker driver - He became D disqualified from e11en getting a driving licence - In facts and circumstances of the case, the Commissioner for Workmen's
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