High Court Karnataka High Court

H S Veena @ Veena Shekar vs A Chandrashekar on 23 February, 2010

Karnataka High Court
H S Veena @ Veena Shekar vs A Chandrashekar on 23 February, 2010
Author: K.Sreedhar Rao Gowda
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT  _

DATED THIS THE 23R" DAY OE FEBRU'AvI§jf",, :2'Oi10_ .4'  

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THE HON'BLE  .AVA.j\Lv_E.AT§:uOOPA%LA GOWDA
MISCELLANEOUS fE1.p:sTV.A.1§$éEAL"'§\4.O:;:é;9§4/2005 (MV)
BETWEEN:    

1. H.S.VéEna @\vVéen.é'§bEkaTr,  
Agr3d.s.a_bOTut  .ye--a_rs--,_ 
W/O. iateO.R.$.Rajash.gka_r..«

2. Master R.Pratyu'Eh, '   ' 
S/o. fate R.S.R'a=j4aVshekar,';_ "
Aged about 8 yeairs, mi%1or,*
Represe»n1;edLAby his fAA1":'OUf_3__E3'3Tv
'And -néafu ra I iqu amia n

H';S.*\/Eewena, -a;3.pe.f_ié1'n_t No.1.

 N.SHivEi'aTh,Vv.aO"é'd 653/ears,

"S/o. fate4__Nag-appia.

" 4*;5i,'GQw»rammé,v..a:'ged 55 years,

 E\1;Sh&ivaiah.
 Afi-__are R/'O. No.D--16/11,
 D_.R.D;O. Township,
CA'/;'Raman Nagar,

 ..,l3§'ngafOre -~ 560 093. :APPELLANTS

 Smt.Mamata G.Kufkami for M/s.SPS Associates, Acivs.)





_w(B._y Sri':"C}..Ma'ree_sh, /"X'dv,--...for R2;

AND:

1. A.Chandrashekar,

Major by age,

S/o. Arasappa Reddy,   
No.90, Chalaghatta, '
Yamaiur Post,

Bangalore --- 560 037.

2. The Orfental Insurance Cornplany Ltd~..,.  ' "
No.22, D.V.G.Road, , ..   a 
II Floor, Basavanagudi,    .
Bangalore -- S60 O0-¢,,~. '--  2
By its Manager. " I i

3. K.Ramu@;'l3ab_u,  

Major by age, ;j_ ' .,
S/o. Krish'na,p"pa, '*i;,;  .
l\3o.12**'? MainVR'ogad_,"«.,  -- .
15* Cross, Vylbhuti p.ur.3/'   2 
Marathaha_ll:,,   , 
Bangalore 4»,56v0,03_7.?, 

 =  0 :RESPONDENTS

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This appalaj filed under Section 173(1) of MV Act

1-..__,a"g,ainst the Judgment and Award dated 02.02.2005 passed
_l"~'lVC No'.*36i9/1999, on the file of the Member, MACT,
 lVla_yO "Hall Unit, Bangalore (SCCH~20) seeking

enharmement of compensation.

'This appeal coming on for hearing this day,

:l*----.TVA"S'l§EEDHAR RAO J., delivered the following:





JUDGMENT

One Rajashekar aged about 34 years a

Technical Specialist in Lucent Technologies d.’i’ed’; 4′

in a motor vehicle accident. Wifeyrnihorj son”iarf.d’pa’rer;.ts ‘

filed claim petition seeking compnensatioln arirlare

seeking enhancement of coin_p’ensati’on__. ‘ . V

2. The occurrencer.io*f V’accident;’~.negligence of

the driver of the offendi_r_i’g v.eh’icle’:a~nd.tinsurance coverage

is not indhilspu-vte.,_’v’:’i7he«.,d’eceased was getting gross salary of
Rs.52,i8_5/rp.\rn..AV p.m. is his deductions.

Rs.;4O,t;l.53/T-.. the net salary is rounded off to

iiii per unit system, Rs.:L2,000/– would

IheVgldtedacteldftowards personal expenses. Rs.28,000/–

w’ould.__vei1.ure to the benefit of dependants. The total loss of

.. deperidency would be Rs.28,000/-(income) ><

it'i,_V'i'6~é5(multiplier) m Rs.S3,76,000/–. Wife is entitled to

-7:Rs.25,OOO/– towards loss of consortium, appellants

together are entitled to Rs.25,000/- towards loss of

expectancy and Rs.10,000/– towards funeral expenses. In

aii, appeiiants are entitled to Rs.54,36,000/~ ~as–e:’a–g;ai.,nst

Rs.24,42,000/– awarded by the Tribunaf. 4_

compensation, interest at 6% shaii._b’e .f”roi_1j1 theu’

date of petition tili payment};

compensation shaii be pay»at§VL’i’e..V_%to Wife of”

the deceased. The share of Vtiieimiinoi fishva.ii..i§)e kept in
Fixed Deposit until miiioi ‘attaijffisiv iTiEI§:t)’ri:ty’ _

Accordin_gi»,r__, ap:p’ea’i’is; a.i:loi}ii-ed imari.

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