High Court Karnataka High Court

Manu Bramachari S/O Late Nanja … vs Krishna S/O Chikkamogaiah on 26 March, 2008

Karnataka High Court
Manu Bramachari S/O Late Nanja … vs Krishna S/O Chikkamogaiah on 26 March, 2008
Author: B.S.Patil
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Mandya District:       APPELLANT

(By Sri.K. L. Sgeetgijéas   

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Maddur’ Talult, .’~Ms;ndjra District.

‘ 2;-.s..1″he;’-Qri.e.11ta1Insurance Co. Ltd.,
. ‘ City Branch Ofiice I\io.1,
_ lCSl”‘Thv’?j’&$ Complex,
._ .__;Sayyajirao.;’Road,
‘ _ Mysexefiitep. by Branch manager. REBPOHDIHITS

_y &;1x’il.K..KeVa.nn_n_t11., Adv; for R-2
‘ .. !%l9tioe’*to R-1 is dispensed with)

‘ This appeal is filed u/s 173(1) of the Motor Vehicles Act
against the Judgment and Award dated 13.02.2006 passed in
0 * —–MVC No.490/2000 on the file of the Civil Judge (Sr.Dn._) as
Addl. MAC’I’., Maddur, partly allowing the claim petition for
compensation seeldhg enhme m at of c mnen_sa.t_i.r_m.=

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Appeai coming -11 fa” admissfin, this day, the C..1..1..-

delivered the following:

1. This is an appeal by injm”ed-ciain-iani’V1′ _se::-,__1r~=.;;r-,_.«g

enhancement of compensation.

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bicycle, a scooterist the nfash-9-“d nefient
manner in high resulting in
personel iieatment in Mandya
General of left clavical apart
from Petition under Section

16d\.ocf’~the “Act before the Claims Tribunal,

‘V -examined himself as P.W.1 and

was examined as P.W.2. Exs.P1 to P5 were

d marked. It was contended by the claimant that

‘w'”” ‘w'”‘king as a C’.e.r;.ent..r an… e.:L_ing Rs.125_I- per day

V’ V. _ that due to the accident 11″ is “”c'””‘citat….. her.-1 c..rr_I,ring

on his activities. The Doctor examined deposed that them was
20% permanent physical disability in the lefi clavical and ‘IO?’/6

compared to the whole body. The ‘I’n’bunal found the earnings

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of the injured at Rs.6Gi- per day and awarded compensation
under diflerent heads by taking the disability sufi’emc’Lat 10%

compared to the whole body. Rs.5,000/– was

pan’ and suffering, Rs.33,000/- towards

earnm’ gs, Rs.3,000/- towards medical A éthetj’

incidental charges, Rs.10,000/- 3

life a_a_nxi_l Rg.50Q,I- tgwagtls»

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compensation with intexest a’£_(‘$% p§a.’:%_the date of peiziiion

till its n=,a11s’ afis)i1a__ compensation,

the presezgt’ C

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.§;VV.!;ethef’VtPas—~appeIlant is entitled for enhancement

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date of the accident which has taken place on 06.05199

coupled with the evidence of the claimant, the daily wages

earned by the skilled worker ought to have been reasonably

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assessed sud taker; at Rs.8\’.’-i- ‘per d’y instead ‘f Rs.’uu”;’-. I

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the loss of earnmg’ capacity is calcuiated on tlns” ‘ basishtlea’

the disability suflered at 1%, the amount of

under this head comes to Rs.43,200/- (24ooxe3,:$x1o[

5. The “i”ri’nunai has aWa1dec3i__
towards aud sufiefings.

injury suffered by the the
under this head Rs.15,000/-
instead of Rs.s,ooo/-,1 Rs.3,000[- was
awarded _’I’ribunal has not
e.-.ee.:_u_eh like food, nourishment
and “mi *5” .1′ the “-9 ..er,
anotiser of 61′ 1 es

loss er Re§1e;om/- was awarded which does not

any No amount is awarded towards loss

V the laid up period. Having megatd to the

d’ suflered. the claimant must have taken

txeatdaenhtxand rest for a period of thme months. Hence, a sum

V. of..Rs§’,200]- hem the wages for a period of tluee months is

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compensation to which the claimant is entitled is detennined
and fixed at Rs.81.900/-. The claimant is cntiiledi7i’o:fvv.6′}b
interest on the enhanced amount finm the date.;’o£
its realisation. The enhanced amount f
within a period of eight weeks i
of this order. The claimant of

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