EN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA
CIRC{}IT BENCH, GULBARGA
DATED THIS THE 23rd ]Z>AY__01?_ ,;m;&*2’oé%9J
BEFORE
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BETWEEN:
KSRTC k::Iam:;=o:1er,
NEKRTC, Gulbasga Di’visi(>’:i.,«-(.’yi1lb§”~;rga,
Through fief Qfficer. ‘ ‘
. . .APPELLANT
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Q¢vakam§ifiaw’]a Shekhappa
Chandréishakar Angadi,
A V”Age:~<i:' ;-;1._1;)oLi'xt.T_3'z?;. years,
' }"f£§;;l$€}':_i{i1(i.
. .dfE’) Shéldzappa Angadi,
Ageci gboui; 18 years,
.’ v\f_:;.:§§:re$}1 3/0 Shekhappa Angadi,
‘ Agt’~:d about 16 years, Occ: Student.
V ‘ (R–3 under guardian of R1 namra} mether)
All are r/0 Godrihal,
Now residing at NwGn8§ Calony,
Jcwargi road, Gulbarga.
4. Sriivianehar S/Q Ha11umaI1thax*aya
Desai, aged Inger, 003: Driver of
KSRTC Bus, R/0 Bijapur.
This M.F.A. is filed u/s.17:§(i’) ef M’;«V.ee§_ agaifi$t
the judgnent and award dated 2’i.,5Jf§’f~ ‘pas~sed_ 1n £¢}I’z{C7.:
{$0.325/06 on the file of the _Pr1.Ci*;fl’«Judge~”‘.e.{S:*.Dr:} &
MembeI’,MACT, eu1baIga. A m
This M.F.A.eemiIz.g on for us;1L*E1:£iiesio1i”i.hie day, the
Court: delivered the fo1Z£e_Wi11g:i_
ffciege ‘Cet11′:e;~:e1 for the appellant»
Cerporéit.ioi2_ “the short poifit involved, the
appea}
V’ _ $’e£.i’I::’*’**e’are put: fexward by the appellant’s
are the multipiiez’ applied was on the
side’: the deceased was alse responsible for
the aeeieent as he was crossing the mad.
H * As far as the multiplier is concerned, the age of
deceased being 40 years, the tribunal} was juseeee
‘ in taliing muitipiier 15 in View of the resent deeieion of
Er’
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the Apex Court reported in 2009 ACJ 1293. K
the negligence on the part ef the deceased —
no doubt the deceasezd was c1’ossi?f:§I’O’arj at
point of time, but the <:iriv(%:r of V'
ought to have careful and héve as
such maintairaing
Therefore, no riegligerggfi' to the
deceasad ex'-.'1"(Vi" will be on the
driver Q1" fiééidégnt of such nature, as
the shouldering a higher
:"€spon$ibfiify the heavy vehicle. The View
V' '-takei3':b3;—Lflxe. 'therefore requires fit} imierfarence
" finding on negligence: and also on
qua'xj;4£L1131.r3f penfiation.
4; therefore stands disrxlmsed. Amount in
V' 31133} be transferred to the MACT.
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