Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 559 · Decided 31 August 2010
Yadava Kumar v. The Divisional Manager, National Insurance CO. LTD. & Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 559 · [2010] 10 S.C.R. 746
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7223/2010
- Decided
- 31 August 2010
- Bench
- G.S. SINGHVI, A.K. GANGULY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 142; Motor Vehicles Act Section 163A, 5
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: ss. 163A and 5 - Disability in non-fatal accidents - Calculation of compensation - Painter sustained injuries in a road accident - Compensation of Rs.52,0001- awarded by tribunal - High Court enhanced it to Rs. 72,0001- - On appeal, 0 held: compensation refused to award any amount towards loss of future earning - Doctor opined that claimant svffered disability of 33% of right upper limb, 21% of left upper limb and 20% total disability of the whole body - Claimant is bound to suffer loss in earning E capacity as a painter and
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