RANVEER SINGH Vs. ABDUL WAHID AND ORS.

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Dissatisfied with the size of the award the appellant, a wrestler, has preferred this appeal. The Tribunal awarded him Rs. 74,000.00 as compensation for the grievous injury sustained by him on his right leg due to an accident occurred on March 26, 1988, resulting in 10% partial disability of his right leg.

(2.) "In its very nature whenever a tribunal or a court is required to fix the amount of compensation in cases of accident. It involves some guess work. Some hypothetical consideration, some amount of sympathy linked with the nature of disability caused. But all the aforesaid elements have to be viewed with objective standards." This is what the Supreme Court observed in R.T.D. Hattangad's case (1 (1995) A.C.C. 281).

(3.) In the instant case, the learned tribunal keeping in view of 10% partial disability and the age of the appellant which was 25 years at the time of accident awarded lump sum amount of Rs. 50,000.00 against the annual loss of future income suffered by him. In Swatantra Kumar Vs. Sheila Didi (1988 ACJ 74) the Punjab and Haryana High Court had occasion to examine the injuries of injured Arun Nehra who was injured in an accident resulting in 20% disability. Dr. D.N. Aggarwal stated before Tribunal as under: