In support of his contentions, learned counsel has
placed reliance upon the judgments of the Supreme Court of India in the
case of Rekha Jain vs. National Insurance Co. Ltd., 2013 (3) RCR (Civil)
996 and Mohd. Sabeer @ Shabir Hussain vs. Regional Manager, U.P.
State Road Transport Corporation (Civil Appeal Nos.9070-9071 of 2022
arising out of SLP (Civil) Nos.481-482 of 2019, decided on 09.12.2022).
In Raj Kumar v. Ajay Kumar [Raj Kumar v. Ajay
Kumar, (2011) 1 SCC 343 (2011) 1 SCC (Civ) 164 (2011) 1 SCC
(Cri) 1161], this Court laid down the heads under which
compensation is to be awarded for personal injuries: (SCC p. 348,
para 6)
"6. The heads under which compensation is
awarded in personal Injury cases are the following:
23. Recently, this Court in the case of K.S. Muralidhar (supra) on an
elaborate consideration of certain authorities (scholarly as also judicial)
on the aspect of "pain and suffering" set out the contours. It would be
relevant to refer to the following paragraphs of the said case:
14.4 In Ayush v. Reliance General Insurance relying on
Kajal (supra) the amount awarded in 'pain and suffering' was
enhanced to Rs. 10,00,000. The child who had suffered the
accident was five years old and the Court noted in paragraph 2
that:
14.4 In Ayush v. Reliance General Insurance relying on
Kajal (supra) the amount awarded in 'pain and suffering' was
enhanced to Rs. 10,00,000. The child who had suffered the
accident was five years old and the Court noted in paragraph 2
that: