IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAIKA AT BA.NGA§zQRE DATED THIS TI-IE 4m DAY or FEBRUARY;':2fi'i~.(f.4 PRESENT ' ufi THE HONBLE MR. JUS1-'ICE*« 3. THE HON'BLE MR. JUST1C'EV.B.SREENIV'£L'S§§3vEGQWDA . I * M.F.A. No. 30 2906 %(1vm % BETWEEN : 1.
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Raj : .,
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Aged_ 19 years;
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A S/0. Seivam.
A11~~.afe R/0. No.14, M. Ghandhinagara
Appellants
T (By Sri. K. T. Gumdevaprasad, Adv.)
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On account of the death of deceased Selvam the
appellants have filed a claim petition before the ‘Fi’ibuna1
and the Tribunal after assessing the
documentary evidence and other relej/ant’:Vt_irnatei*ial
available on the record has
part awarding compensation
interest at 6% p.a. from the of claiml_”‘p*etit’ion till the
date of payment. Aggjrievecftttbyt the appellants
filed the presentpappealipseekingl
3. we “le,arned”_”‘Co’ttnsel appearing for the
appellaritsll and Qounsel appearing for the first
respor_1_dent¥’I~ns’u ra’nce_ Company.
2 perusal of the judgment and award
what is that the deceased was aged 50 years
1″‘~.__V”wo1fking,__as an employee in Graphite India Ltd, drawing
A of Rs. 10,980/- per month. Out of the same 1/3 has
it .t.0Ebe deducted towards his personal expense. The loss of
/v/
dependency comes to Rs.7,320/–. As per the age___of the
deceased proper multiplier is 18. Accordingly of
dependency comes to Rs.1i,4-1,920/ —
13] and we award the same.
5. Further the Tribunal’~.._phaslF.erred
compensation towards heads; Hence we
award compensation -towards loss of
consortium, §,s’.}_0,0:0’O’/’–f’:: loss of estate,
Rs.10,000/__.~~ margsi love .g{nd affection and
Rs.}O,()0(‘)”;”- “transportation of dead body and
funeral V”expenses.’~.” V –
6. For t11elifore”going” reasons, the instant appeal filed by
«_thev_~alppei}ants.l disallowed. The judgment and award dated
;3;o ‘passed in MVC No.l502/2003, on the file of IX
Aaai’;1.<Ji;c1'¥gg:.,fiviémber. MAC'i'–7, Court of Small Causes.
'V Metropolitan 'area, Bangalore (SCCH.–'?) is hereby modified. The
V' 'liiglis as under: W
1] Towards loss of dependency Rs. 1 1,141,920/«~
2} loss of consortium Rs. l0,(}ijO._/–
3) Towards loss of estate R«s~.~—-‘
4} Towards loss of love and
5] ‘Towards transportation A’
dead body and funeral ‘ ”
expenses »
‘f.If’otalf flE'{s’.*A11efj81,92O/-
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The appellants compensation
of Rs.11,81.,49fi0/:2:__’.i3s.Sil:O’;’O0O/– awarded by
the Tr:vibun’ai~,.{5.yfi.. veompensation comes to
Rs.6,7l,’£?20/_– at 6% pa. from the date of
claim, ‘petition till the eaie of realisation.
obfyenhaneed compensation of Rs.6,’/1,920/w~,
proportionate interest shall be
_ ir1ve’sted_f’ l11A’:””F.D. in the name of appellant no. 1 and
.dy”Re.,r5y0.0oo/- shall be invested in the name of each of
rgappellants 2 to 4 in any nationaiised or scheduled bank
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T rei~ a period of 5 years agd renewable for another 5 years.
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