Supreme Court of India
K. Suresh v. New India Assurance Co. Ltd. and Anr
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From the headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - s.168 - Determination of compensation - Just compensation - Concept of - Explained. Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - ss.166 and 168 - Accident with auto resulting in multiple grievous injuries and fractures all over the body of the appellant - Held: Victim-appellant entitled to compensation for loss of earning capacity as well as for permanent disability - View of High Court that no compensation can be granted towards permanent disability once compensation is computed for the loss of earning capacity and loss of future earnings is unsustainable - On facts, appellant
Authorities it was built on
- 1995 R.D. Hattangadi v. Mis. Pest Control (india) Pvt. Ltd. and Ors.
- 1987 K.I. Shephard & Ors. Etc. Etc. v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2002 Nagappa v. Gurudayal Singh and Ors.
- 2010 Arvind Kumar Mishra v. New India Assurance Co. Ltd. and Anr.
- 1998 Mrs. Helen C. Rebello and Ors. v. Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation and Anr.
- 1990 Ramesh Chandra v. Randhir Singh and Ors.
- 2010 Yadava Kumar v. The Divisional Manager, National Insurance Co. Ltd. & Another
- 2011 B. Kothandapani v. Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation Ltd.
- 2003 State of Haryana and Anr. v. Jasbir Kaur and Ors.
- 1969 C. K. Subramonia Iyer & Ors. v. T. Kunhikuttan Nair and 6 Ors.
- 1979 Concord of India Insurance Co. L1d. v. Nirmala Devi and Ors.
Where later benches applied it
- 2024 Satyanand Singh v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2020 Pappu Deo Yadav v. Naresh Kumar and Ors.
- 2020 Kajal v. Jagdish Chand & Ors.
- 2019 Parminder Singh v. New India Assurance Co. Ltd. & Ors.
- 2018 Jagdish v. Mohan & Ors.
Of those, 4 relied on · 1 referred to
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