RAJIV NARAIN RAINA
Parminder Singh – Appellant
Versus
New India Insurance Co. Ltd. – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Rajiv Narain Raina, J. (Oral) - In the appealable award of 25.01.2013 delivered by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Panchkula, the claimant/petitioner secured compensation assessed at Rs. 10,43,666/- for the injuries* [see foot note (para 15): loss of "other gains which the plaintiff would have made had he not been injured"] suffered by him as a result of the motor accident which befell on 29.03.2009. The claimant/petitioner filed an appeal for enhancement to this Court by way of presenting FAO No.10473 of 2014 and the compensation was enhanced on 20.9.2017 and the order of the MACT, Panchkula was modified awarding a total sum of Rs.21,06,000/-less already paid.
2. Feeling still aggrieved, the petitioner approached the Supreme Court by filing SLP (Civil) No.23153 of 2019 in which leave was granted and the petition was converted into Civil Appeal No.5123 of 2019. The Supreme Court by its final judgment and order dated 1.07.2019 have enhanced the compensation awarding amounts under different heads tabulated in Para. 6 of the award which reads as follows:
"6. In view of the aforesaid discussion, the appellant is entitled to the following amounts:
(i) Rs.32,40,000/- to be aw
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