Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 151 · Decided 24 February 2015
S. Perumal v. K. Ambika & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 151 · [2015] 2 S.C.R. 264
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2377/2015
- Decided
- 24 February 2015
- Bench
- V. GOPALA GOWDA, R. BANUMATHI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution; Motor Vehicles Act Section 168
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - s. 168 - Compensation - Enhancement of- Claimant-poultry labourer suffered injuries in a motor accident -Award of compensation of Rs. 25, 3001- C with interest of 7. 5% per annum - Upheld by the High Court - On appeal held: Injured claimant is to be compensated for his due to his inability - Courts below erred in brushing aside the 0 evidence of the doctor who examined the claimant and the disability certificate - Tribunal erred in discarding radiologist report of the hospital on the ground that the claimant did not plead about his treatment in the hospital -
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