Supreme Court of India
Sri Nagarajappa v. Divisional Manager, Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that Rs.2,22,600/-awarded by the High Court is inadequate F considering the nature of injuries suffered by the appellant and the consequent adverse effect it has on the performance of his avocation.
Judgment, page 8
From the headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - s.166 - Compensation - Adequacy of- Due to motor accident, appellant-claimant, who was working as a coolie, suffered from gross deformity of his left upper limb - Doctor assessed permanent residual physical disability of the appellant's upper limb at 68% and his whole body at 22-23% - Tribunal took the income of appellant to be Rs.3,0001-p.m., his disability at 20%, and his age as 55 years (for which it adopted a multiplier of 11) and accordingly calculated loss of future income to be Rs.
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Where later benches applied it
- 2020 Pappu Deo Yadav v. Naresh Kumar and Ors.
- 2020 Sri Anthony Alias Anthony Swamy v. The Managing Director, K.S.R.T.C.
- 2022 Sidram v. The Divisional Manager, United India Insurance Co. Ltd. and Anr.
Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to
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