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New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday substantially enhanced compensation awarded to a Uttarakhand carpenter who lost his right leg in a road accident, holding that courts must assess the real impact of an injury on a victim’s livelihood and recognise “functional disability” rather than mechanically relying on medical disability certificates. A bench of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and N.V. Anjaria increased the compensation payable to claimant Shankar Dutt from Rs 11.51 lakh, as a…