Supreme Court · 1998 INSC 332 · Decided 1 September 1998
Muthaiah Sekhar v. Nesamony TPT. Corporation LTD. and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1998 INSC 332 · [1998] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 225
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 13391/1996
- Decided
- 1 September 1998
- Bench
- K. VENKATASWAMI, AJAY PRAKASH MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act
Headnote
B Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 : Motor accident---{;ompensatio11-Quantwn of-Passenger travelling i11 a taxi was hit by a bu.1-He sustained seven i11jwies i11cluding pennanent C dislocation of 1ight !zip, loss of 60% vision in left eye and loss of 50% heari11g i11 left cw-At the time of accident he was joined ML course-Due to lack of proper treatment facility in India, he u11dcnvent treatment at New York-Accide11t Claims Tribunal, after estimating his i1zco111e as Rs. 1,000 per 1iw11th at that time, awarded a compe11satio11 of Rs. I, 76,00(}-Held, Jn the circumstances D of the case, the victim
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