Supreme Court of India
Sidram v. The Divisional Manager, United India Insurance Co. Ltd. and Anr.
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What the Court ordered
In view of the aforesaid, we award an amount o f Rs. 50,000/- for the loss of amenities taking into consideration the fact 473 that the appellant was 19 years old at the time of the accident, and also considering the nature of injuries suffered by him and the extent of his disability.
Judgment, page 70
From the headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: Compensation – Enhancement of – Motor Accidents Claim – Claimant, aged 19 years s uffered grievous injuries in a road accident – Claimant suf fered from paraplegia due to the accident which caused permanent disab ility to the extent of 45% – Tribunal awarded compensatio n of Rs. 6,13,000/- along with interest at the rate of 6% p.a. from the date of filing of the petition till the date of realisation of pay ment – However, the High Court enhanced the compensation to Rs. 9,26,800/- – On appeal, held: Courts should be mindful that a serio us injury not only permanently
Authorities it was built on
- 2009 Smt. Sarla Verma & Ors. v. Delhi Transport Corporation & Anr.
- 2017 National Insurance Company Limited v. Pranay Sethi and Ors.
- 2010 Raj Kumar v. Ajay Kumar & Anr.
- 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.
- 1975 Pratap Narain Singh Deo v. Srinivas Sabata and Anr.
- 2002 Nagappa v. Gurudayal Singh and Ors.
- 2012 Santosh Devi v. National Insurance Company Ltd. and Others
- 2009 Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences v. Prasanath S. Dhananka & Ors.
- 2003 The Divisional Controller, Ksrtc v. Mahadeva Shetty and Anr.
- 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.
- 2020 Kajal v. Jagdish Chand & Ors.
- 2019 Parminder Singh v. New India Assurance Co. Ltd. & Ors.
- 2018 Jagdish v. Mohan & Ors.
- 2011 Sri Nagarajappa v. Divisional Manager, Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd.
- 2012 Mohan Soni v. Ram Avtar Tomar and Ors.
- 2022 Abhimanyu Partap Singh v. Namita Sekhon & Another
- 2013 Neerupam Mohan Mathur v. New India Assurance Co.
- 2012 New India Assurance Co. Ltd. v. Gopali & Ors.
- 2020 Sri Anthony Alias Anthony Swamy v. The Managing Director, K.S.R.T.C.
- 2014 Sanjay Verma v. Haryana Roadways
Where later benches applied it
- 2025 Hitesh Nagjibhai Patel v. Bababhai Nagjibhai Rabari & Anr.
- 2024 K.S. Muralidhar v. R. Subbulakshmi & Anr.
- 2024 Aabid Khan v. Dinesh and Others
Of those, 3 referred to
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