High Court Karnataka High Court

Smt Mariya Selvan W/O Late … vs The National Insurance Co Ltd on 9 February, 2010

Karnataka High Court
Smt Mariya Selvan W/O Late … vs The National Insurance Co Ltd on 9 February, 2010
Author: N.K.Patil And Gowda
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE
mymn THIS THE 9TH DAY 0? FEBRUARY,.A2(_}1A_G~.Vv
PRESENT AWA
THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTIC}3_'N.   
AND     '      
nm I-ION'BLE MR. JUSTICE B.&SR'EENIV'4§SE:4G0i}1VEAA,
M.F.A. No. 3299A».§:'2_006  
BETWEEN: A A A M A A

1. Smt.Mariya Se_1Vam,_...  
W/0. Late Pa_t1j1inat}§;a:n_,    :
Aged ab0151f_vv55;Lyears',A   1. V " 
2. Johan  «.  A
Aged ab(5_ij'i:A.j;i6_&Vy:n§2Ve'11 _ .
S/ 0)-Late' PatE1:'.iv;21.ti*3;;1i'x1,__'  __
3. Sn' Vija.$fa1V{umé11'__ 
Aged about'-24 'years,
 Late; Patflinathan,

'  a1v5:V':*:§si§:f1ing at N0269,

1  . 9??' .C1*d'ss, NI;V.Garden, Ulsoor,

  .L,['}33r.A,S4ri  Gurudeva Prasad, Adv.)

' }3anga1¢:~;:;560 O08.
  v  Appellants

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 0..fiiommengijiidgnienteiland award dated 04.06.2005 passed in
 1\¥o.4ia3.f7e/2003 on the file of the XVI Addl. sea,

  Metropolitan Area, Bangalore, [SCCI-I-14).

AND:

1. The National Insurance Company Limited,    0'
R.O.Madhura Coats Building, 
M,G.R0ad, Bangalore-560 001.

2. Sri C.Ganeshan, 1  a A 
M / s. Malarvizhi Lorry Transports -5
N0.446, Coimbathore, V 4' 
Tainilnadu.   . V _    

0    0 _'.=Re:sp0ndents

(By M/s.Lex Plexus, Advs. f01*d'R.'1V§':4   " "
(Notice to R2 dispensed" d"ated"0,E>.02.2010).

This MFA  flied.-'wsa; 17..3{.1) of  Act against the
Judgment and'awfard:=._dated 04540-6-V-2005 passed in MVC
N0.4178/20053.4'    pf  XVI Add}. SCJ, Member,
MACT, Metr01:ydi_;tan'--  Bangalbre, [SCCH~14), partly
allowing.the"'c1ain1s;::_petition ier..,eofnpensation and seeking
enhanczvrvement fof compensation-

This appea;  for hearing, this day,
N. K. Patil J, de1iVered._th.e 'f0.H'0wing:

_0JUDGMENT

 _  is directed against the impugned

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2. Learned counsel appearing for the appellants and
the learned counsel for the second respondent«~lnsurar1ce

Company at the outset submitted that the liabilitjfogf the

insurance company to the third party is The

restrictions made by the Tribunal it

Rs.7,50,000/~ is not sustainable;.;and:A4it;

aside in View of the amendments ‘InadegV.vinVthe ‘?;\/Iuo’tor’g

Vehicles Act, 1988. Thereforalldthey that the
impugned judgment by Tribunal
may be modified by A.fiX:in–g liability on the

insurance Company; ‘

3. The l suVbmi’s.sion..Ltimadeh by the learned counsel

appearing for theVp~art~i_es*~’i’s placed on record.

p_ 4. instant’ «appeal filed by the appellants is allowed

inr”pa1’t,,V’*i impugned common judgment dated

o4’oa;200:”:’ p:;§sed in MVC 330.4178/2008 on the file of

Judge, Co rt of Small Causes 8: Member,

%

% JUDGE

MACT, Metropoiitan. Area, Bangalore, (SCCH~1-4) is hereby

set aside in so far as restricting the 1iabiiity..Vox4i’t~..the

insurance Company for Rs.7,50,000/–. The

is modified holding that the irisurance eon’1jjai1y’_jisV”iiaE:)1e ” »

satisfy the award in its entirety. in othe_r”res§eets.V’t1h:e

judgment and award stands’as”‘itV_ is. A”

5. Insurance Company isk”‘«direeted.” deposit the
Compensation amounVt”«-ai-3_’p«er ;.j’»the”V–jLfaAC:’igrI1ent and award

passed by the Tribiinajnas» eXpe~ditioa5;~1y”‘aS”.possible at any

rate V\Ti”L1″1i’I’1’Aft5i;1raifyjfiflki-3,’VfI’OIIi”‘fii’Efl4 date of receipt of this

judgmerit. it V

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