Archive · 16 Sep 2026
Teacher Wins Rs 8.22 Lakh After Finger Injury at Mall
A physical education teacher was playing basketball at a trampoline park inside a mall.
His left ring finger got stuck in the basketball rim.
He lost the finger and had to undergo amputation, according to the complaint.
A consumer commission in Himachal Pradesh examined the case.
It said the mall and gaming-area operators were negligent.
The commission ordered an insurance company to pay him Rs 8.22 lakh.
It also ordered the mall and operators to jointly pay Rs 25,000.
The commission said calling the incident an accident did not remove their responsibility.
A 31-year-old physical education teacher lost his left ring finger at a mall trampoline park.
His finger became caught in a basketball rim while he was playing.
The Himachal Pradesh consumer commission directed an insurance company to pay Rs 8.22 lakh.
The mall and gaming-section operators were ordered to jointly pay an additional Rs 25,000.
The commission found negligence and said the operators could not avoid liability by calling the incident an accident.
- Who
- A 31-year-old physical education teacher, an insurance company, and the mall and gaming-section operators.
- What
- The teacher received a compensation award after losing his left ring finger in a basketball-rim accident.
- Where
- At a trampoline park inside a mall in Himachal Pradesh.
- Why
- The consumer commission found negligence by the mall and gaming-section operators.
- Compensation
- Rs 8.22 lakh from the insurance company
- Additional payment
- Rs 25,000 jointly from the mall and gaming-section operators
- Injured person
- A 31-year-old physical education teacher
- Injury
- Loss and amputation of the left ring finger
- Incident
- The finger became caught in a basketball rim
- Authority
- A consumer commission in Himachal Pradesh
- Finding
- The commission found negligence by the mall and gaming-section operators