Supreme Court of India

Mohd. Sabeer @ Shabir Hussain v. Regional Manager, U. P. State Road Transport Corporation

Neutral citation
Reported as [2022] 18 S.C.R. 427
Bench Krishna Murari and S. Ravindra Bhat JJ.
Decided 9 December 2022

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2 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances, the impugned judgment is liable to be modified as above and the claimant/appellant is held entitled to be awarded compensation to the tune of Rs. 38,70,120/- along with 9% interest per annum from the date of making the application.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

Motor Vehicle – Accident – Claim – Assessment of compensation – Permanent Disability Percentage – App ellant was travelling in a bus which was driven in a rash and negligent manner by the respondent – Bus met with an accident and th e appellant received grave injuries – The MACT (Tribunal) by ho lding that it was the rash and negligent driving that caused the accident, awarded a compensation of 15,76,465/- – High Court modified and enhanced the compensation to 16,70,932/- – High Court assessed the appellant’s functional disability as 35% – On appe al, held: As per the disability certificate,

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 referred to

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