Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 703 · Decided 18 October 2010
Raj Kumar v. Ajay Kumar & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 703 · [2010] 13 S.C.R. 179
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8981/2010
- Decided
- 18 October 2010
- Bench
- R.V. RAVEENDRAN, H.L. GOKHALE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 136, 142; Motor Vehicles Act; Workmen's Compensation Act
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: A B ss. 163-A, 166, 168 and 169 - Non-fatal motor accident c - Partial permanent disability - Compensation towards loss of future earnings - Principles enumerated - Illustrations given - Securing of expert medical evidence - Guidelines laid down - HELD: Instead of and circumstances of the case, in order to D do complete justice, permanent functional disability of the claimant and loss of future earning capacity assessed - Monthly income of claimant re-assessed - In calculating compensation towards loss of future earnings due to disability, there is no
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