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10. Learned Counsel Sri Girish Bhat would bring to the notice of this Court that the loss of reproductive organ and consequential effect of the same on the claimant is not traceable to any of the provisions either under the Motor Vehicles Act or the Workmens' Compensation Act, where the injury to other limbs are considered in depth. He would try to take this Court through the Workers Compensation Act, 1951 of the Australian Capital Territory as guideline to consider the prayer of the claimant for the assessment of the injuries suffered by him vis-à-vis the compensation payable thereto. While doing so, he would also bring to the notice of this Court the report of the Medical Journal by George Krucik, MD, who has submitted a medical review in April, 2014 which is traceable to the website in https://www.healthline.com/health/low- testosterone/effects-on-body#1, a print out of which is taken from that is placed before the Court. By relying upon that, he would try to impress upon this Court that testis is the main organ in the body which produces testosterone which deals with the libido behavioral traits and also the control center of the body with reference to production of hypothalamus. The report would indicate that the testosterone which is an important male hormone would affect everything in men from the reproductive system and sexuality to muscle mass and bone density and that it also plays a role in the behavior pattern, which according to the report would be at its peak in the late teens and starts descending up to the age of 30 years and would get stabilize instantly. The claimant herein has suffered the aforesaid accident resulting in removal of his testis at the height of his teens i.e., at the age of 17 years thereby indicating that removal of the same has taken away his manhood and he is reduced to the level of a person of neutral gender thereby indicating that he can never ever have any pleasures which a normal healthy man would experience in his life with reference to marital / sexual life and also the level of confidence which gets built around that. He would further argue that the loss of testis and penis would reduce him to the level of a eunuch causing a social stigma with which he will have to live in the society and get himself identified in the circle of friends with whom he lived and was brought up. He would also state that in the social circle he would be treated as 'pariah' and the said social stigma is far more damaging, than the loss of earnings and all other mundane things which would come in the way of his normal life. Therefore, he would state that any amount of compensation that is awarded to him would not compensate for the loss that he has suffered in the said accident.