Raju Khan @ Raja Khan @ Kasmuddin vs State Of Chhattisgarh 2 Mcrc/9491/2018 ... on 4 December, 2018
9. The percentage of permanent disability is expressed
by the doctors with reference to the whole body, or more
often than not, with reference to a particular limb.
When a disability certificate states that the injured has
suffered permanent disability to an extent of 45% of the
left lower limb, it is not the same as 45% permanent
disability with reference to the whole body. The extent
of disability of a limb (or part of the body) expressed
in terms of a percentage of the total functions of that
limb, obviously cannot be assumed to be the extent of
disability of the whole body. If there is 60% permanent
disability of the right hand and 80% permanent
disability of left leg, it does not mean that the extent of
permanent disability with reference to the whole body is
140% (that is 80% plus 60%). If different parts of the
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body have suffered different percentages of disabilities,
the sum total thereof expressed in terms of the
permanent disability with reference to the whole body
cannot obviously exceed 100%.