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During treatment, he underwent surgery on both legs and rod and screws were inserted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 18pt; margin-bottom: 3%;\">The appellant contended that he was earning Rs. 18,000 per month as a cleaner of the tanker lorry but the High Court has assessed his notional income as Rs. 9,000 per month only. It was also contended that owing to the fracture of both legs, the appellant is unable to carry out his duties as a cleaner of the lorry and the percentage of disability has been erroneously assessed at 20% while the doctor had assessed the permanent disability of 54%. Hence, the appellant has sought enhancement of compensation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 18pt;\">The Court referred to <i>Raj Kumar<\/i> v. <i>Ajay Kumar<\/i>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/00QxEF9a\">(2011) 1 SCC 343<\/a> and observed the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>All injuries (or permanent disabilities arising from injuries), do not result in loss of earning capacity.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The percentage of permanent disability with reference to the whole body of a person, cannot be assumed to be the percentage of loss of earning capacity.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The doctor who treated an injured claimant or who examined him subsequently to assess the extent of his permanent disability can give evidence only regarding the extent of permanent disability. The loss of earning capacity is something that will have to be assessed by the Tribunal with reference to the evidence in entirety.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The same permanent disability may result in different percentages of loss of earning capacity in different people, depending upon the nature of profession, occupation or job, age, education and other factors.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 18pt; margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court noted that the appellant sustained comminuted bone fracture of tibia on both legs and was operated on twice and was hospitalized for thirty-six days cumulatively. Further, as per the doctor, there was 54% disability despite the treatment given. Thus, it was held that, as the appellant has sustained comminuted fracture of tibia bones of both legs, the whole-body disability will be at 30%, and proposed to enhance the compensation for pain and suffering due to two surgeries undergone, future surgeries to be undergone, for loss of future amenities and income during laid up period of twelve months.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 18pt; margin-bottom: 3%;\">[<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\">T.J. Parameshwarappa v. New India Assurance Co. 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Narendra Prasad, J. dismissed the appeal filed by an Insurance Company against the order passed by Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT). In the instant case, Jyothi and Nagaraj were traveling on a motorcycle and a lorry came in a rash and negligent manner and dashed against\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":236320,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/09\/26\/kar-hc-applying-the-law-declared-by-sc-in-motor-vehicle-cases-court-enhances-compensation-amount-appeal-allowed\/","url_meta":{"origin":277894,"position":2},"title":"Kar HC | Applying the law declared by SC in Motor Vehicle cases, Court enhances compensation amount; Appeal allowed","author":"Editor","date":"September 26, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of S. Sujatha, E.S. Indiresh, JJ., allow the appeal, increasing amount of compensation as granted by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal. \u00a0Brief Facts The husband of the appellant \u2013 claimant, while proceeding towards Beltangadi to adduce evidence before JMF II Court, met with an\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":260819,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/01\/29\/if-relief-is-not-moulded-by-awarding-higher-compensation-we-will-be-failing-in-our-duty-kar-hc-discussed-compensation-vis-a-vis-permanent-sexual-disability-in-motor-accident-cases\/","url_meta":{"origin":277894,"position":3},"title":"\u201cIf relief is not moulded by awarding higher compensation, we will be failing in our duty\u201d; Kar HC discussed compensation vis a vis permanent sexual disability in motor accident cases","author":"Editor","date":"January 29, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of S.G Pandit and Anant Ramanath Hegde, JJ. allowed the appeal and modified the impugned order by enhancing the compensation.\u00a0 The facts of the case are such that the claimant\u00a0 suffered 40% permanent disability around his pelvic region, (on account of injuries which are\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":242140,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/01\/12\/ker-hc-motor-accidents-compensation-act-court-grants-enhancement-in-compensation-with-an-additional-interest-of-9-considering-permanent-disability-revision-petition-allowed\/","url_meta":{"origin":277894,"position":4},"title":"Ker HC | [Motor Accidents Compensation Act] Court grants enhancement in compensation with an additional interest of 9% considering permanent disability; Revision Petition allowed","author":"Editor","date":"January 12, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Kerala High Court: N. 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