Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 974 · Decided 16 September 2022
Ramesh v. Karan Singh & Anr
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 974 · [2022] 18 S.C.R. 110
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6365/2022
- Decided
- 16 September 2022
- Bench
- M.R. SHAH, KRISHNA MURARI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 166
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act 1988: s.166 - Permanent Disability - Appellant-claimant, was a Navy merchant and earning USD 1000 - He sustained multiple injuries in a vehicular accident, due to which there was an amputation of the right upper limb below elbow and he had to undergo five Claim for compensation of Rs. 1,02,00,000/- under different heads made before MACT - The Tribunal awarded a total sum of Rs. 6,68,000/- only - Appeal for enhancement of compensation - High Court enhanced compensation to Rs. 14,82,000 observing that though claimant's right
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