High Court Karnataka High Court

National Insurance Co Ltd vs Balappa Mayappa Gurlahosur on 31 March, 2008

Karnataka High Court
National Insurance Co Ltd vs Balappa Mayappa Gurlahosur on 31 March, 2008
Author: Ram Mohan Reddy
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In THE HIGH coum' or KARNATAKA.  "   

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APPELLANT

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CGOLI, RE’.’3i1’I’rEI’w”}’ OF

AA _ DIST”: BELGAUM.

YADRAVI, TALUK : SAUNDA’I”1’l

RESPONDENT

(.13. LA_X_M_ -11 :2 MANTAGARI, ADV FOR 01 R)

S m.-.. .3 – LED LVS 1′?-3{1} GF ACT .A._rA_INSI’
THE JUDGMENT AND AWARD DTD. 19.07.2005 PASSED

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ml V’; NO. r=’+47i2uu”2 ON THE FELE OF’ THE l’v’h”JMBER,

0 l’~–J”£\

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Afvififl, SA’-UN ATT}, ‘”‘AE’DING CHM

xnu Wuraraa 4,.

RS. 1,015,820] – WITH INTEREST AT 8% RA.

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THIS APPEAL. COMING om’-‘es ‘finite BA?’ ; it

THE COURT DELIVERED THE F-{)LLOW:iN’G:’

Jseéysfire

The insuier _t.’ue by the
common Judgment 2005 in MVC. 446

and 447,/2;::<i:».5Ti+;~; guitar 3;; MVC'. 447 /02 of the

uddl. '!'ijihI'Im11a_L Sauiidstti for short

1'viA'C'i' has.eiireiéi."i'F;f1 ap" ,_.n.a.="".

ll advanced by the learned

teiiiiisel fie-1″‘ aypellant is that the MAC-T was not

A ii-,e….iii..g 10′!/I. .’.I.-.eti_11s_l to awaid

lu ‘- f”t”‘”e lees of earniiig due Li disability.

to the learned counsel. ‘Dr ivlahantesh M Hoeli,

it as PW-3, though not the doctor who the

‘ for injuries, nevertheless issued the disability

certificate and testified opining that the claimant suffered
from 16%» permanent. disability. to the left leg; which cannot

be equated to 10% of functional disability to the whole

of the said ciisaiaiiity being 55% Lfiouiyi eh;-. as’ whflie *

body disability.

3. _ Per Connie, le.an}.es1_’ In-.ot.i-se1 .'”_’i-.,_’;l_V_,,’i .s’n¢JI1d_l:l_1t

L La.

seeks to era am t’1’1t4″:”iT1ii§’!”£i_'”fT6.c} L§.ffc’if5″n’.if”It ‘”‘d award as

being well gaeiitefl,” jaatifieti not g for

inte1’fere_m:t:.’ .

W4. i.__p1-g_.x:l. J1; -@en.t and

Awarri. ._niateriai.V”C-n’–~,re¢::oi1i, “–id–*r* ham 1*’ and

documeintarfi i, neilsidezubie force in the submission

1. 1:-§11tI1eA(AI”oe11_iiae1 for the appellant. If the claimant aged

‘ -eooli by avoeation on 3.12.2001, the date of

” injury. sufieit-.c1 16% penuanent disability to

lite l”v1ei”hr§ ‘flower limb, it cannot be said that he sufiered

A ‘ i~fgmvel:ional disability of 10% to the whole body. In the

;1_se1_1ee 9:’ opinion of PW-3 over percentage of whole body

diaauuitv i.. is .1-ed.l-.235 to =st..t_. T1 , 1,f3″” ef the disability

to ‘the lower ‘ D

_w}1?c-la bcéy.

suffer from permanent disabfiity cf 5°76 _.

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11′ that is so, the claimant is ent;g1ec1.t;5 Jlciéss

of future earning as agai1,1st___.


MACTI

In the result,     in part. The
impugned    V.  modified Inducing

c’~’-=-***-1:353-a…§¥.~;_,. Rs.32,400_I- for future

R%é’g1’stiyVi;s to transmit the amount in depo”‘t

fglie MAcr»’1aa;~s2mn .

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