BETWEEN:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGVAEIEZEOARE
DATED THIS THE 17TH DAY OF FEBRuA_R*:'--,.':2,Ve_.:je:T
PRESENT
THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KJ.ESR~E%EDHAR§;
AND
THE I---|ON'BLE MR. }USTIC"'ET*..V4:5§'.'{\I._VEN'U.G'QPvAL/KEGOWDA
M1scELLANEous'j::;RST'T'AT{TéEAE.i§I'a.%487Of2Do4 (Mv)
Ma d'amj'iiaVa, VW:;"o. 'Ra'che Gdwda,
B /Aged abouVt.«.45VTyeaTS,.,_ --
R'/a Devee ra«!.*rTm'a F] a*h,,a'l,i.Ti h u ndi ,
Kasaba.HoD.H,"'Na5zj'a--ngud Taluk,
'Mysore. "
_.~.'3,Se_fhyabeTfi'a,.. .....
A 3".df\.M/ea. Rachegowda,
aged about 43 years,
ER/a>..D'e'iee»T*ammanahalIihundi,
."VKasahje Hobli, Nanjangud Taluk,
M};-"s'0.re'.
S/o. Rache Gowda,
., " Aged about 29 years,
_.5R/a Deveerammanahallihundi,
Kasaba Hobli, Nanjangud Taluk,
Mysore.
Rachamma D/o. Rachegowda,
' Aged about 27 years,
We Deveerammanahallihundi,
Kasaba Hobli, Nanjangud Taluk,
E
Mysore.
5. Mahadevamma,
D/0. Rachegowda,
Aged 25 years, I
R/a Deveerammanahaltihundzir, _ ..
Kasaba Hobli, Nanjangud Taiuk,
Mysore. A
(By Sri Christopher Noel. A.;&--
Smt. Dakshayani M'.\/fl.'"A€iv.'s.)§_ .
AND:
1. H.S.Veni<a'tasIF1,
S/o. H.-S*..$ri'rjiy.asva_:Ra'o., '
Aged €abo:u't_g.maj--or, ' V A
R/_a_._V MaVrig'u'd§,__Stre_et{_ ' "
I-:€'Vinaié<aiA.[»fg)_§t, 7':_ A _'
Mysore, " *
2. Sri. C,Sdrini\V/'as,'r. "
VS/o. Cher1gaiE:--h Naidu,
__%_Aged about...major,
- "R/flay. n\:o:231, 1'5" Cross.
A 20"'..Main,,_Muthappa Garden,
"3 Amfaaddar.
'~._?Ba'rs:ga--l__o'I'e'-- 560 026.
Th'*e'.U:éi'ted India Insurance Co. Ltd,
Represented by its Manager, '
A " :\:o.19/19/1, South End Road,
"Basavanagudi,
V' 'Bangatore -- 4.
:RESF'ONDEN'FS
(By Sri R.C.Nagara}' 8: Sri Maliikarjuna. 3,
Advs. for R1 & R2;
Sri. S.Narayana Murthy, Adv. for R3)
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‘ :VV}€s.:F45vf5EI_si’_ANT’VS’
This appeal filed under Section 173(1) of M_\_/_ Act
against the Judgment and Award dated 20.11.2003 passed
in MVC No.140/2001, on the file of the learned Civ’i’i«.J_’udg.e
(SR.DN), MACT, Nanjangud, partly allowing ;~’t–h.e;.._c’ia:m~~.
petition for compensation and seeking enhan–ceme~n’t~ sofa ‘
compensation.
This appeal coming on
SREEDHAR RAO J., delivered the fO:|l0v§j_ira~g: it
3uoel«:e;;n3.; l
One Rachegowd,a”~w_as _.p’r’ocee4diVnig._’on avvbicgv/Vcle from
Nanjangud to Mysore, Devarahalli
Gate. behind, hit against the
bicycle,A’caus%ed’ dleajthzl’of:’§%aw<:hegowda. Two wives and 3
major, chi4'l'dr_enw..".'–ha"dehiiled claim petition seeking
' '~.,c0nn.;jensati'o.n and are now in appeal seeking enhancement
-_.o’Vf__.cVom;pensat.i_on and also challenge the assessment of
coAri.t_ribu.te’rjr§’..~negligence on the part of the deceased made
the Tribunal.
‘ “A2. The FIR particulars disclose that Rachegowda
“was proceeding on a bicycle, took right deviation, the car
came from behind and hit against ‘the bicycle resultin_g in
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death of Rachegowda. Car driver is prosecuted. ..’Th’e_nfaVct
that the car hit against the bicycle from
suggests negligence on the part o_f…th_e dr_iye’r’.VTh-e i”
inference of contributory negIige’ncef_’_’oA~r’i the
deceased by tne Tribunal isiiinn,tena’b+:e. .He..nAce;~th.e-9saidf’
finding is set aside.
3. It is staitedffth’a.t”»cy_ ‘Ka_cVh”e:;3’o’wda was an
agriculturist.oynd5Eni.i_ik~,vendor.Hjoweyer, in the absence of
creditflye andiviiavocation, his income is
assessed at Rs.:1’3.3O0iO2’~v.:::”cpsht 1/5″‘ is to be deducted
towards perso:naI.exoens’es. Rs.2,400/- wouid enure to the
penefit¥.”sof”‘thAe deéoendants. The deceased is shown to be
ag_eed’a:b»oi1t'{i5:’_iyears in the post mortem report. The first
we isi-age.d’iVabout 42 years. Hence, 14 muitipiier wili
appiy’.v.V__AA:’E”he totai loss of dependency would be Rs.2,4OO
(mefdme) x 12(months) x 14 (multipiier) m Rs.4,03,200/–
__i”ne wives are entitled to Rs.25,ooo/– for ioss of
consortium. Petitioners together are entitied to
Rs.25,000/- towards ioss of expectancy,1″Rs.’j,jQ,_VCO_Qk’:v
towards funeraf expenses. In all, appeIlar’*.ts–.:;§jre’ent”‘6 :eVqeai”‘s’hare.
.t~A’pp.ea1i–V is.t:ai.;!aw’edA”i-n t.*ie'”t’e’r”:ms indicated above.
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HEDGE
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JUDGE
