High Court Karnataka High Court

H G Basavaraju vs The Branch Manager Oriental … on 8 October, 2009

Karnataka High Court
H G Basavaraju vs The Branch Manager Oriental … on 8 October, 2009
Author: K.Sreedhar Rao Malimath
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE
DATED THIS THE 87" DAY OF OCTOBER, 2ojOs'

PRESENT

THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE...K.,SRE_E.DH}?T:RV»F§'AQ'_'_;  

AND

THE HON'BLE MR.3ROAsT1cE'ARA'a/I M.A'L1§«..ATH it h

MfSCELLA¥§E'E{3~{}S»A,'E%I:?;ST APPEAL No.78-45 OF 20o4(Mv)

BETWEEN":..:  

 Sri'«H'.4GL"Basavaraju,

'SXO,iatesfiangappa,

 Ag<--;djabEOut 53 years.

.S.'i"nt. C-Eowramma,
W/O Sri H .6. Basavaraju,

AA  Aged about 43 years.

Sri Shévamurthy,
S/0 Sri H.G.Basavarajt.:,
Aged about 19 years,

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All are Residing at
Haralur Village & Post,
Gdlur Hobli,

Tumkur Taluk,

Tumkur District.   " » 

(By Sri J.V.Chandrashekar, Advocate') ..:' A
AND: V 2 V

1. The Branch Manager,   
Oriental Insuran.c'é~..go, Ltd.)  jg 
No.20, Jalahalli C"ross,_   
Chokkasandra,   '
Bangalore  S60 E57'. 

2. The [_)i.re.ctoi:r:_~:'_ ~  1

M/s"S.pe"ed "¥:i%a'ns"'Cargo Pvt; 'Ltd.
H o . C-76 +  S .pe'e.d"'C_o m pl ex

Dr. Dev'araj~,U~rs 'nT.rucl~4{ ffermi nal

Kanteelrava. Stijdi,_o"Ma'in Road,

Yeshaataruthapur'a 2?" Stage,

 Bangalorre 5-" 560022. ...RESPONDENTS

B?:.C._._Seetharama Rao, Advocate for R1)

–o–o–o~

AMFA is filed under section 173(1) of MV Act
against the judgment and award dated 21.7.04 passed in

as . Mvc.No.29o5/2oo1 on the file of the 18″‘ Additional Judge,
_ MA.CT–4, Court of Small Causes, Bangalore (SCCH~4) partly
ailtowing the claim petition for compensation and seeking

: enhancement of compensation.

This Appeal coming on for final hearing this day,
SREEDHAR RAG 11., delivered the fol|owing:–

3uD’h§M”ENT

One Mallikarjunaiah died in a motor vehicle :accident.

The deceased at the time of the accident

driver driving in the vehicle. The

resulting in the death of i\’ial|ika:ijun:aiAah”;.g fl
a workman within t,h€’.___
Compensation Act. to the
claimant should be of Workmen’s

Com’péri5ati;on }=’i:’=;t:~.

2;’i7.hev policy~«.issu’led by the Insurer covers the risk of

;_s:pa..re drive–r–.~’ The maximum statutory wage is

V reckonable wage for compensation is

The relevant factor is 216.93.. The

compensation payable would be (Rs.2,000 x

A_:l2i«_6.93.)mRs.4,33,82O/–, as against Rs.2,25,000/- awarded

by the Tribunal. The enhanced compensation shall be

payable to appellants~petitioners 1 & 2 in equal share. The

interest payable under Workmen’s Compensation Act shall

be 12% on the enhanced compensation

n till the date of payment.

;e_JUDGEg

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