Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 553 · Decided 17 September 2020
Pappu Deo Yadav v. Naresh Kumar and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 553 · [2020] 7 S.C.R. 968
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2567/2020
- Decided
- 17 September 2020
- Bench
- L. NAGESWARA RAO, KRISHNA MURARI, S. RAVINDRA BHAT (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 Motor accident - Of 20 year old man who was working as a data entry operator/ typist - Disability (amputation of right upper limb) of the victim was ascertained as 89% - Claim for compensation - Claims Tribunal assessing victim to be 45% and taking his income to be Rs. 8000/- PM added 50% towards future prospects and awarded compensation of Rs. 14,25,400/- - High Court, in appeal doing away with addition to 50% towards future prospects reassessed the compensation for loss of earning capacity at Rs.
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