Injury, any damage done to another, either in his person, rights, reputation, or property, for which an action lies at law.
Injury has been defined in s. 44 of the Penal Code as denoting 'any harm whatever illegally caused to any person, in body mind, reputation or property, S. Harnam Singh v. State (Delhi Admn), AIR 1976 SC 2140 (2145): (1976) 2 SCC 819. (Penal Code, 1860, s. 44)
The word 'injury' denotes any harm whatever illegally caused to any person, in body, mind, reputation or propery. (Penal Code, 1860, s. 44)
Injury, Black's Law Dictionary contains the definition for the word 'Injury' (at p. 706 in the 5th Edn.) as 'any wrong or damage done to another either to his person, rights reputation or property'. The alternative meaning given therein is: 'The invasion of any legally protected interest of another'.
Injury as 'any harm whatever, illegally caused to any person in body, mind, reputation or property'. [See Indian Penal Code, 1860] word 'Injury' in s. 23 of the Contract Act should be understood as cover-ing any wrong or damage sustained either to one's person or rights or property, Narayanan Sudhakaran v. Rajamany, (1995) 2 Ker LJ 233 [Contract Act, 1872, s. 23] Word 'Injury' is a word of larger import and cannot be restricted to physical or monetary injury, Kallidunnil Cheriyakutty Mammi v. Thoniyadath Ummer Kutty, AIR 1996 Ker 182.
Means physiological injury, Jyoti Ademma v. Plant Engineer, Nellore, AIR 2006 SC 2830: 2006 (5) SCC 513: 2006 (6) JT 300: 2006 (7) SCALE 28: 2006 (5) Supreme 327: 2006 (5) SLT 457: 2006 (7) SCJD 52: 2006 (8) SRJ 272: 2006 (3) LLJ 324, Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923, s. 3(1).
Means physiological injury, Jyothi Ademma v. Plant Engineer, Nellore, (2006) 7 SCALE 28.