Iii '1"!-IE HIGH COURT OF lGlRN}5£I'AiG\. AT' EAMSALORR
DATED 'i"E'1'IS THE 2412}! DAY OF JULY 2003
BEFORE
THE HCN"BI.:E MR. JUSTICE ANNIE DY
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1_ -- This appval is filed under Section 173{1i a£
»_'" Mater Vahiclas Act against the judgmant and award
_*aw¢ated 1.16.200& passed in M.V.C.No.1fl22/O3 on the
'v_ file at in; 13*" Additianal Judge, Rotor Accident
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claims 'r*ribuna3.-4, Caurt of Small Causes,
Bazzgal-orecficci-§"--4) partly allowing tun claim
petition far campazzsation and seeking enhancgmnt
or camyanaaticn.
This appeal caning on for hearing
the Court delivtretx the following:--
JUDGMENT
Heard the learned caunaizgl ;’?,§.’ :j.
and the raspandant.
2. The prcsent ‘V
mpras-antative of 3:’ q.acag$’aai’VL_:’dfiver a§*hoA hid died
as a result -:31′ a The appallant
hwwing apprqached ;”tha: ¥ 19g;.i:Eidant Claims
Tribunatlf” «véi€:1fi5P§:$»AaI’a’ti=d!:;”‘”vzthe Tribunal whila
cxomputizxq’;tk1é:”ilfisfisvV§£.__::’§§§g§nd¢ncy has adapted the
natianalVV”L:i,ji¢!nI:V:Vt§a._ u<;'.$.'" Vfiiza 6-nceaseci at R5.3,OCIG/–..
E1r:§.n§_ 'Vvthaugfi' " appellants had produced A
_:i.ssuad by the amplayax at the
alas examined tn; emplayer as an
_ wi*.i'3:e5:$:.' Tribunal has neqatuc! the evidence to
Zthfi less at degendancy while adopting the
as aforesaid. It is this aspect: of the
__u_3.a%§tt6$'.',. which is naught to ba challangad. mile,
it is 33.234: ccmtandad that amdar the conventional
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heads, the amounts awarded are meagre and paltry
and therefom, would require an alrzaunti
enhancamant.
3. ‘rim counsel for than raspandant thfi-1
rather hand wmld submit thattg””the. ‘_
required tn establish tn; income dicsgiaayeei ” A T
was the actual salary tiiia.__ cfiAV;.;.aa§:§vd;”~
Thara was no document gage-dnc;as1VVV:A’in”‘–~i;hi5’ “raga;*§i.
The mare certificate issixéad..b*;{ Farr. would
mt advance the mass qf””‘thf¢ hm: the
emglqyar ‘tribunal
and
declaringEt,hzi£;he’V”wa£§'[A’~’:p.;§ifi’fig ‘§{$.5,000!– per: month
would £3;-1; It is in this
ba::}cgr{$a.m’d–_.V th§I_LjV’. *t*r§.:b1§r.”a1 has proceeded with
abundgnt 4’$§_vi.l’E’r..1′,.Ci*|?lA”‘.;§’iI’:!€3 prudence in adopting
asAAV”tha——~notiona3. income. an the basis
‘r:1f9t,t;is_ ‘z:§<:i::§;<.=.s:a1 incuma, the appellant has been
'fiaéardéaé ' A.".'%..:u¥;Sf;antia1 amaunts or cmmpansatiora.
. Ha.z$E:'a, "«–'thé£;a is no warrant: for intarfaxanca.
cm consideration of these avarmenta and
fxsem an examination of the material on record,
"£11315 Caurt wauld take judicial notice of tha fact
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songs;-nu-5 'Jun.-«.1. man… a-. ..-.___ ..
that than amplnymant of the dacaasad was not in
aarious dispute and that a pursun emplayud as a
driver in the yaar 2603 wourd have been paid a
much largar sum. Eat, in the §reaenhW§gfi§ pfi_
hand, in order to hold that the aa&4as§a "fi:§f *-
earning a much larger sum, $tmi$ n§caa§a:y:thaf:
material be plncad before the ?£ibfinai} .$t'fi§ni§;_
set a bad precadent if» it} ééuld' fig 7§fihaflced"'
warez? an the basis qf the §39Iayer?$*cn:ti£icato
withaut actual profit ;af_f£ha §i§huxsal at the
amnunt. Thargwgaa an iflg&dihgfi§;£§r the amplayar
tn hava §£§fiu§§§:.§§¢fi@§n;é;V if $ha himualf had
apg¢arefl*:§ § §i$neS$ in £he"firoceedings. Hence,
there i:';ap#駧fia§fi§"§&rt qf the appellant in
estahlis§in§_ £h§ a¢§§a1 income earned by the
__t fiacagéaa, THi§ haw§vnr, aught to net have haen
– :dania§ fip$@aaf 3 higher amount on the baais that
“tné_§a:§g$_§¢a1u have b¢¢n atleast na.¢,oeo/~ 1:
notzRa;5,a3G!~. Rance, a case is mada out for
u”” §a;ti$1 enh&ncement on this baaia. In so far as
“:”tha:fimnventiona1 hands are ccncarnad, it is to ha
.E” :W§éan that the Tribunal has restricted thn amounts
‘ and the agpellants havu alaa made out a aaaa for
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partial anhancamant in this rngaxd. Hanan, it
tna natianal incqma at thu deceaasd is takgg at
R3.¢,fl90f~ tha 1033 of dspendency would b§
Rs.2,64,GQD/~ instead of Rs.1,9a,ooo/e? a§efi;£naf_
appaliants would alga be antgfilad ;fia~:§j»§fimpVa£u”‘u
Rs.20,fl03i~ globally, tawaxfis ,tfiéul;$nvn£tigna;
hands. Tha appellants arm thu&_fifltitLaé;fi9 t@t§i: ;
additianal compensation a”§£’_ Rs;B$;fifi0f{ with
int¢re3t at 65 ::¢mY§hg aa£§f¢:_§wa;d.
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