Under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, for the purposes of compensation in hit and run motor accidents,…

For the hit-and-run compensation provisions, the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 gives 'grievous hurt' the same meaning as in the general penal code, which is now the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. Section 116 of the BNS (formerly section 320 IPC) lists the kinds of grievous hurt, so the term means "Grievous hurt as defined in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023". Medical evidence helps prove the injury but does not replace the statutory definition.