SCHEDULE I
2. Definitions-
(l) ‘Total disablement’ means such disablement whether of a temporary or permanent nature as incapacitates a workman for all work, which he was capable of performing at the time of the accident resulting in such disablement:
Provided that permanent total disablement shall be deemed to result from every injury specified in Part I of Schedule I or from any combination of injuries specified in Part II thereof where the aggregate percentage of the loss of earning capacity as specified in the said Part II against those injuries amount to one hundred per cent or more;
4. Amount of compensation
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act the amount of compensation shall be as follows namely: –
(c) where permanent partial disablement results from the injury-
(i) in the case of an injury specified in Part II of Schedule I such percentage of the compensation which would have been payable in the case of permanent total disablement as is specified therein as being the percentage of the lass of earning capacity caused by that injury; and
(ii) in the case of an injury specified in Schedule I such percentage of the compensation payable in the case of permanent total disablement as is proportionate to the loss of earning capacity (as assessed by the qualified medical practitioner) permanently caused by the injury;
Explanation I: Where more injuries than one are caused by the same accident the amount of compensation payable under this head shall be aggregated but not so in any case as to exceed the amount which would have been payable if permanent total disablement had resulted from the injuries.
Explanation II: In assessing the loss of earning capacity for the purpose of sub-clause (ii) the qualified medical practitioner shall have due regard to the percentages of loss of earning capacity in relation to different injuries specified in Schedule I.
