Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 73 · Decided 10 February 2021
Nawal Kishore Sharma v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 73 · [2021] 1 S.C.R. 819
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 150/2021
- Decided
- 10 February 2021
- Bench
- SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, DINESH MAHESHWARI, HRISHIKESH ROY (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 -Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 - Claim for disability compensation - Appellant-seaman joined a crew on a foreign going vessel on 18.09.2009 and on 18.06.2010 with the declaration of being permanently unfit for sea service, due to dilated cardiomyopathy - Seaman claimed that he was entitled to 100% disability compensation under clause 21 of the National Maritime Board Agreement -The said claim for disability was rejected by
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