REPORTABLE 2024 INSC 777 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NOS. ……………. OF 2024 (Arising out of S.L.P.(C) Nos. 3050 of 2023) CHANDRAMANI NANDA … Appellant(s) VERSUS SARAT CHANDRA SWAIN AND ANOTHER … Respondent(s) J U D G M E N T Rajesh Bindal, J. 1. Leave granted. 2. The claimant, in a motor vehicle accident having suffered injuries, has filed the present appeal seeking enhancement of compensation. He is aggrieved by the order1 passed by the High Court2. 1 Dated 24.08.2022 in MACA No.256 of 2019 2 High Court of Orissa at Cuttack Page 1 of 143. The facts as available on record are that on 16.01.2014 four persons occupying Verito Vibe Car bearing Registration No.OD-05-D- 9596 were travelling from Sambalpur, Odisha to Cuttack. At about 01:30 pm, the offending Bus bearing Registration No.OD-14-A-1774 being driven at high speed struck against the said car on NH-55 near CPP Chawk, NALCO, Anugul, Odisha, as a result of which the occupants of the car