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THE HIGH COURT OF SIKKIM : GANGTOK
JUDGMENT :
Meenakshi Madan Rai, J.
1. The challenge in the instant Appeal is to the computation of compensation, arrived at by the Learned Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Gangtok, Sikkim (hereinafter, the “MACT”), in MACT Case No.11 of 2024 (Nikhil Subba and Others vs. The Branch Manager, ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company and Others), vide Judgment dated 26-12-2024.
2. Learned Counsel for the Appellants put forth the contention that the Appellant No.1 had suffered 90% locomotor permanent disability as duly established by Exbt-29 (collectively), Disability Certificate of the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, issued by the Medical Authority, East District, Sikkim. The document specified that the Appellant had been in a road traffic accident and was thereby afflicted with traumatic paraplegia. The Appellant No.1 had also relied on Exbt-8, Wound Certificate which detailed his injuries including fracture of vertebrae. The MACT however failed to access his disability as 100%, which flies in the face of the decision of this Court in The Branch Manager, National Insurance Company Limited vs. Yoel Sub
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