ctios so fu n ha he co t tiues to earn or can co n tiue to earn his n
d. o veh li
1 7. The m Court fuSupr e the r xplaind e ha t the ctul lo a s of earig n
t yi dencap s oh ur fe t a C laimant‘s vocation
sablty on d i ha v t catin, not m o rly on the p e rcntag of physical e
sablty.d i The xcofhn t lv are Raj Kumr caublw: tose i
—13. Ascm of the r t ai en ct of the p ef rma ne t d i sablty on the ctul a
ear n ig pity in ca oles thr v e s The Tribunal has to first ascertin
what actives the claimnt could cary on in spite of the permant
disablty nwhe couldnt asreult ofhpermant disbly
(this alorevnt fwdigcompnsatuer hdof ls
amenits ofl).Thcdpis toaernhvc,pf
and tureofwkbhci,slg.Tp
find outwher() claimntsoydbefrm anigykd
of livehod, or (i) whetr in spite of the permant disablty, the
claimnt oudsefvycar onthacives ndfuo,wh
he wasrlicyng o,r (i)whetr asprevntd osticd
from dischagnprevou actisndfuo, btcldary on
some thro lesrca ofactives ndfuctios tha econtius
to earnciuhslvd .
For exampl, if the left hand of a claimnt is amputed, the
permant physical or functioal disablemnt may be ased around
60%. If the claimnt was a drive or a carpent, the actul los of
earnig cptymvulbhd,if esntrablo
drive or do carpenty . On the other hand, if the cl a imnt was a clerk in
mt sr ne gov rvic, the lo e s of his left hand may not result in lo s of
employnt adhsicur bkf
ia cl erfu n tos;di n th av l eos f e a r ni gptyw cl notbe
1 0 % asin th e cas ofa d r iveo ca en t,o 60%w r p hi c s t he a cul
ysi c al phd bt ,ufar le s .Inf a c t , h e rmy n ot b e ayn d to a wr
any compensation under the head of
cl a imnt cotiues in gov n mt sr ne rvic, t e h oug he may be e a wr d
n sati under the head of lo o mpec s of amn ie ts as a qu of o n s ec
losing his hand. Sotis the injured cl me a imnt may be cotiued in n
rvic, but s e m a y nofd suit bl erchag nd to
the post or job wic e was h a r li holding, e on ut of his da c sablty, i
and may thfo be shifted to some other suitable but l er r post with es
r mlesn t,ou i w hcse atrou ld b a i m te w rd unh
head o fl s o fu t re ani gy, aki t p cn g o te fth e rd ucea n ig
pity." ca
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