BOMBAY HIGH COURT
SHIVKUMAR DIGE, J
Reliance General Insurance Co. Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
Mohini Praful Manchalvar – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. evaluation of compensation claims (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. assessment of disability and need for care (Para 3) |
Oral Judgment :
1. The issues involved in this appeal are compensations awarded under the head of pain and sufferings and future medical treatment.
2. Learned counsel for the appellant submits that while awarding compensation, the Tribunal has awarded Rs.5,00,000/- lakhs for pain and sufferings and Rs.10,00,000/- for medical expenditures in future. These compensations are excessive and without any evidence on record. Hence, requested to allow the appeal.
3. It is contention of learned counsel for the respondent No.1/claimant that claimant has suffered 100% disability in the accident. She was working in a company. At the time of the accident, she was 33 year old and due to accidental injuries, she has paraplegia. She is unable to move from bed and unable to do any work without assistance of the attendant. Her life has become a living dead body. The Doctor who was examined in support of the claimant’s case, has admitted that the claimant requires future medical treatment, on that basis, the Tribunal has awarded compensation for future medical treatment which is proper a
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