Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 749 · Decided 12 November 2013
N. Manjegowda v. The Manager, the United India Insurance CO.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 749 · [2013] 12 S.C.R. 350
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 10192/2013
- Decided
- 12 November 2013
- Bench
- G.S. SINGHVI, SHIVA KIRTI SINGH, C. NAGAPPAN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 166
Headnote
MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988: s.166 - Accident of an advocate aged 36 years - Compensation under head 'loss of future income due to disability' - Multiplier - Annual income of Advocate assessed D by Tribunal on the basis of Income Tax returns - Held: victim requires determination on the basis of nature of disability in the light of the career or profession which the claimant was pursuing - It should not be computed mechanically only on percentage E of physical disability - A young Advocate is bound to suffer huge professional loss on
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