Supreme Court of India
S. Suresh v. Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. & Anr.
INSC stands for INDIAN SUPREME COURT. A neutral citation scheme assigned by the Court itself, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter. INSC is the neutral citation scheme assigned by the Supreme Court, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter.
2 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.
From the headnote
Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923: " c ss. 2(1)(1), 4(1)(c)(ii) - Schedule I - 'Total disablement' - Permanent disability - Loss of 100% earning capacity - Compensation -Lorry driver in an accident got injured - His . leg amputed up to knee - Commissioner for Workmen's Compensation recording a finding of permanent disability and awarding the claimant Rs. 5, 20, 5841- High Court -J.- accepting the plea of Insurance Company that loss of a leg on amputation amounted to 50% reduction in earning capaity reduced compensation by 50% - Held: On account of amputation of right leg of claimant below
Authorities it was built on
Where later benches applied it
- 2022 Chandramma v. Manager, Regional Office, Ncc Limited and Anr.
- 2019 Sri Chanappa Nagappa Muchalagoda v. Divisional Manager, New India Insurance Company Limited
Of those, 2 relied on
Sign in free to read it
- The full judgment, page by page, as published in the Supreme Court Reports
- The ratio: what the Court held, verbatim, with the page it sits on
- Every bench that relied on it, and every bench that argued against it
- Search every reported judgment, by party, citation or question
- Download the PDF, copy pinpoint citations ready for a filing
An email address, no password.