Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 679 · Decided 18 September 2015
Mithusinh Pannasinh Chauhan v. Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 679 · [2015] 10 S.C.R. 39
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7201/2015
- Decided
- 18 September 2015
- Bench
- JASTI CHELAMESWAR, ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 166
Headnote
A B ·c Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: s. 166 - Compensation - Claimant-appellant met with an accident- Sustained serious head injury and lost his memory - He could neither speak nor move properly due to injuries sustained in the accident -At the time of accident, he was aged D as a constable in SRP - His earning was Rs. 1400 P. M - MACT held that claimant had suffered 50% disability and accordingly awarded him a total sum of Rs. 2. 19 lacs as compensation - Corporation and claimant both appealed­ High Court partly allowed appeal of Corporation and held E that
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