Supreme Court of India

Yadava Kumar v. The Divisional Manager, National Insurance Co. Ltd. & Another

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Bench G.S. Singhvi and Asok Kumar Ganguly JJ.

Decided 31 August 2010

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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: High Court while granting 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 capacity as a painter and has to earn his…

Authorities it was built on

2009 Priya Vasant Kalgutkar v. Murad Shaikh & Ors. cited by 2

Where later benches applied it

2012 K. Suresh v. New India Assurance Co. Ltd. and Anr relied on
2010 Raj Kumar v. Ajay Kumar & Anr. relied on
2025 S. Vishnu Ganga & Ors. v. M/s Oriental Insurance Company Limited Rep. by its Divisional Manager & Ors. referred to
2022 K. Ramya v. National Insurance Co. Ltd. & Anr. referred to
2018 Anant Son of Sidheshwar Dukre v. Pratap Son of Zhamnnappa Lamzane & Another referred to
2026 M Paramesh v. Vrl Logistics Ltd mentioned
2026 R. Halle v. Reliance General Insurance Company Limited mentioned
2026 Captain Pramod Kumar Bajaj v. Union of India mentioned
2025 Atul Tiwari v. Regional Manager, Oriental Insurance Company Limited mentioned
2020 Pappu Deo Yadav v. Naresh Kumar and Ors. mentioned
2020 Sri Anthony Alias Anthony Swamy v. The Managing Director, K.S.R.T.C. mentioned

Of those, 2 relied on · 3 referred to · 6 mentioned

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