AMIN YOUSUF NIZAMI vs RASHID RAYON MILLS, KARACHI — 1963 PLD 553

Citation: 1963 PLD 553

Court: Sindh High Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-03-20

Parties: AMIN YOUSUF NIZAMI vs RASHID RAYON MILLS, KARACHI

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1963 SC 553

Judgment Text

Court Name: Sindh High Court Judge(s): Noorul Arfin Title: AMIN YOUSUF NIZAMI vs RASHID RAYON MILLS, KARACHI Case No.: Civil Suit No, 181 of 1967 Date of Judgment:1971-03-20 Reported As: PLD 1971 Karachi 505 Result: Suit decreed JUDGMENT JUDGMENT The plaintiff has brought this suit to claim Rs, 41,900.00 from the defendants on account of the injuries received by him to the index finger of his right hand allegedly due to the. negligence of Haji Haroon (D. W. 1), Managing Director of the defendants. The facts, as set out in the plaint and brought in the evidence are these: The plaintiff was employed with the defendants as their weaving master at their textile mill situated within the S. I. T. E. Area of Karachi on a monthly salary of Rs, 1,500.00. On 19th December 1966, while the plaintiff was checking the gear box of the defendants' twisting machine, the latter's Managing Director, namely, Haji Haroon, switched on the electric power of the machine, which resulted in the sudden start of gears, so that the index finger of the plaintiff's right hand was crushed. The plaintiff was sent to the Civil Hospital where his wound was dressed, since, however, the index finger had been completely crushed, the plaintiff consulted Surgeon A. Rahim (Exh. 6) under whose treatment he remained for a long time and who carried out two operations on his finger. The plaintiff's case is that he remained unable to resume his work up to 30th June 1967. The plaintiff has claimed medical expenses in…

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