MANOJ SAW vs RAMNEEK SABARWAL & ANR.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 09.06.2025 MAC.APP. 229/2023 MANOJ SAW .....Appellant versus RAMNEEK SABARWAL & ANR. .....Respondents Advocates who appeared in this case: For the Appellant : Mr. Akshay Kumar, Adv. For the Respondents : Ms. Niyati, Adv. for R-2 (through VC). CORAM HON’BLE MR JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT 1. By way of the present appeal, the appellant challenges the award dated 16.12.2020 (hereafter ‘impugned award’), passed by the learned Presiding Officer, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (hereafter ‘Tribunal’), Saket Courts, New Delhi, in MACT No. 863/2018, essentially on three grounds: i) The learned Tribunal erred in calculating the functional disability of the claimant/ appellant at 17% when it should have been taken as much as the permanent disability assessed, that is, 33%; 2. The facts leading to the present appeal are that the claimant had suffered multiple grievous injuries in the road accident which took place on 30.04.2018, when the appellant was crossing the road. The Medical Board assessed the injuries of the appellant at 33% permanent physical disability in relation to his right leg. 3. The learned Tribunal awarded a tot