High Court Karnataka High Court

Siddamma @ Seeralamma vs The Oriental Insu Co Ltd on 17 March, 2008

Karnataka High Court
Siddamma @ Seeralamma vs The Oriental Insu Co Ltd on 17 March, 2008
Author: Ram Mohan Reddy
 

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THIS }v”.’FA FILE!) ugs 17341} C)?
THE JUDGMENT AND AWARD .DA’!’.ED:’?.6.05–;»PASSED._ IN» _
MVC NC).5SSOii)3 or»: THE 1=_.’-‘ILE .._}’.’J%lI”AD.|i’!!.A.

JUDGE, MEMBER, MAUI’-4, c()U1é’_1*A~ D1=”sMA’L1,’ cgxusas,
BANGALORE, (scan-4) PA1?TL’Y- , C1-Aw.
PETITION FOR coMPr:3:qsATI’oN ,_ AND,’JA«Av…,sEEKmo

ENHANCEMENT or COMPEf°.$AT10NQ”

THIS MFA COMING 6N*:’l*’€5R~,HEAi?VI’NGV THIS DAY,

C’;O’u’fi MABE THE .FOL§;Q’.¥E.v,,,{}:’D

by the judgment
and d=a, 7..’:~;f2.Do5 5550/03 of the Motor

.l’~….1..,’._r.1.-*’:=1j_L’ Bangalore city, for short

‘MAL “‘1″‘-A2. _, his this anpee-.1 fer e.n.l1.=mce.rm…¢:nt of

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V’in”‘the ac’r:’d’i”1t t.}'”‘t ‘”*–cm’rc€’.. en 9. 10.200-. 151).:

Va aged 65 years an occupant of the tempt»-

~ ,%uavéner bearing registration No.KA 05/C-3789, from

‘V to Maralwadi, suffered grievous injuries and

Has as an i__1,:_nAt_ic11t for a period of 26 days from

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underwent surgical i11terveni:i011’py

and screws, are facts not in 0Lisppté§

regard to the evidence oréfi azjd
i:.11a.1.: of Dr.Shivak1;_1;nar the

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~ii_ “ia~.11fi”fi1=fi*ifian, ” GOO,’-

xiv} of life : 15,0001-

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i 3. The injury sustained by the claimant, recorded

‘V the wound ccrfifiéatc EJLP5 reads thus:

“fnnflmmnng r_)\_rg1~ Lhg yi

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g,h_1.: k_r;0c joint;

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x=ra3,r shws sI..p…. …..ndi1..z’ efI_.vti1e

right f’emur'””

Medical Ofiicer, Sanjaye”‘ve«i§andni
summary and that
surgical 10.03 and on

not to bear weight

for six ‘Weeks. {iepietien of the !’1r’ac:tmi

inzihe «Fifi shows “that the site of

of bone was at the junction of

fghe knee em. True document also contains the billing’ ‘

” 111’ i§’s.8978/ -. VEx.P7 are the receipts issued

auuzpunu __ _: p “s else ‘sills o

having’ puvchased medicines. X-rays ane

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* : 4_rad’iological report are Ex.P9.

3. The claimant examined as PW–1 spoke to the
injuries, the period of hospitalisation, tgneatlnent and the

expenses incurned, while Dnshivakumar examined as

W\

PW-2 testified to the injuries sustained, 4_
the treatment extended

disability incurred by the

4. An Judginent
and award of failure to
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the faiiacy in the
superficial and cursory
undertaken without reference to
it awarded compensation.

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A , iflfl’ A occa__ sionmg’ grave injustice to the appe11an’ t,

. = ‘r4a1liI1§gj£brL:;’i1iterfeIence.

x 5. The appeiiant in her advanced age i.e. 65
d = suffered fracture of the supra eondilar ofthe right
femur at the junction of the knee; a gievous injury,

oecasioning pain and agony. It is common knowledge

t1′”‘t wemen in india sufi’er %m the de-gen’eTt.*¥e

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riisoase “f osteoporosi . It *=- v-n*-mmn1I:i”””‘7g_s§s.;uj “:3

‘Pain and suffering’ do not meanpjghe same’

or anyone else would be willing srfifi’

suffering’ have no exchange zrglue there:
equate them to anything ‘In vvview of the

r..r1a…_1;-.1’, compene:_1tii:fin_ ‘tov:;ax3da’p[ and suffering

etc. To add to
injyniy, patient for 26 days at
Saniaya where she underwent surgical

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nlaees and 8 screws and was

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advised not’-Vtoi_____e::er-t wmight “‘1 Lu “*6 rim}: for six

‘ * appellant will have to undergo yet another

. ” xnemoval of implants. In the circumstances,

was not justified in awarding Rs.25,000/– as

x “eomw..sa…….,- En.h..t-:-nci_n.g the same to Rs.45,000_l-, in

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f. auu Iuarsuxnuuxc.

6. Tue award of Rs.5,{.'(m,’= towa.._s”‘;e.;_t.rz,.yane-.

attendant charges, food and ‘is; .o_ti=ie

lower side. I say so because the: of}

Arohalli, required the
the d_ista_nee between Gandhi
hospital}, is –r- I ems it
appIopriate_fih;_at under the said
head gs is, accordingly
awarded}: dd ot..eR:s.6,000/- towards future

not call for interference.

‘V undoubtedly suffered from

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.A.1..u.c..i ah pw-2 Dr.Shivak_umar_. testified that

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uun._y’ ‘uv’*s -45% t” the lower limb and

‘t-o:°t11e whole body and that the appeiianifs ngn’ ‘ t

to s limb was short by 2 ems, it is not possible to

V’ ‘accept that opinion. I say so because the evidence of

PW42 is too sketchy and st_:e_11ty does not record the
W.

and radioiogicai fir1’ii””s in th” eiaimfion of the

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wheat appeiiatlt 65 years

dimjulty. The shortening of the right lovyg’-:1’* diaiiot

physicfifiy m”sur'”-‘_

evidence-in–chief records .. ‘ = f 1-‘

appellant to the doctb_1’…_ at
examination and also cc of the

hnrlv at the

ulsrsu’, –l. ..

¥_§i1:’;e,; ” appropriately the

wastage of museie -i:fi”figf”f’_”‘3’*x’ai’i’i:~.i5i’ me thigh. rw a2

fu11;her___ bone has since
united. oral and documentary
evi:de11ce,.Vit’.i§3.. ‘td infer that the appellant did

e1L*’fer.*”i’.._.;;z1 -:1.;’;:=_t.,.:a’I;i::’i_l_;’_”..?;Ii.1.IL 11,: :9 the extent of 16% to the

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ago, 111 in

‘ her life, cannot be said to be a labour fame,

100/– per day, and in that view of the

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‘the MAC!’ was justificd in declining to award

Jtum .9 ‘mar (11 I’_.O

-5 ‘on… ‘cu… —–ya.

nuul-Inn fin.-r 1953

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disability. J \

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3. The disauility, r.1i.M.m.f.–

frustration, as also the disfig1njen1ent_::’rue: “f

thigh muscle are Ielevaist

compensation for loss xamenitfies l;if!’>.._V hgilnd

opinion, in the facts the

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co::x1peIjsatio117_ibr expenses. Ex.r: series

diseioses fl1st” expended Rs.3.226/- for

as well as services rendered by

at the same time the IP –

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1 Sanj’y u mm hepspi*….,-=’ di…-Lses

“‘~–Rs.».39?3/- as the cost of medical 1’1’eatmeI1t ineiudmg

as surgery, cost of implants and medicines. The

V’ ” ‘eonterlts of the bills when examined in the light _ of the

co..i;…t_ -1’. the summaxy, of discharge and admission

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– t..:_a__. Law ,1′ the matter, is

entitled to Rs. 12,2 4;’-(3,226 + s,9?a;eem:mdé.e to

Rs.12,200/- towards1ned1ca1′ ‘

in the result, the is” fies
impugned Judgnnem ‘and .p1:§1odiiied’b§11tifli11g the
appellant to with interest
at 8% pa; addition to what
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rexnaine comper18_a’tTi’n i- eiree-+–*

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to appellant who is said to be

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