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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
G.SATAPATHY
Soumya Kishore Mishra – Appellant
Versus
Bramhotri Mohanty – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. details of the accident and claimant's condition. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. issues of negligence and liability in the accident. (Para 3 , 5) |
| 3. evaluation of disability and its implications for compensation. (Para 4 , 6 , 7) |
| 4. overall conclusion and order regarding compensation. (Para 8) |
JUDGMENT :
G. Satapathy, J.
1. In assailing the impugned judgment dated 15.03.2023 passed by the 4th M.A.C.T., Sundargarh (in short, the “Tribunal”) in M.A.C. Case No. 48/66 of 2018-22, the appellant, who was the claimant in such proceeding has preferred this appeal U/S.173(1) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (in short, “the Act”) to challenge the quantum of compensation as awarded to him.
2. Bereft of unnecessary details, the present appeal arises out of the proceeding before the learned Tribunal in M.A.C. Case No. 48/66 of 2018-22 for an accident that took place on 14.12.2017 at about 12.30PM, when the claimant, who by profession a Constable then was going on a motorcycle bearing Regd. No. OR-16B-1409 towards his rented house in Jharsuguda near Durlaga Airport, Jharsuguda, one oil tanker bearing Regd. No. OD-14B-8949 (hereinafter referred to as “the offending vehicle”) came in a rash and neglig
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