High Court Karnataka High Court

M/S United India Insurance … vs C V Devi on 12 March, 2009

Karnataka High Court
M/S United India Insurance … vs C V Devi on 12 March, 2009
Author: V.Jagannathan
IN THE HIGH 001312'? OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALQRE
Dated tha 12th day of March 2009  j
:BEFORE: W'

THE HOBVBLE3 MR.JUS'i'ICE ; V.JAGAN §_ATHAN_ % ' 1 
MISCELLANEGUS FIRST APPEAI;1\¥o;8j__2_;_§7 J '2%eo5 may

BETWEEN :

M/s United India Insurance  Lt.d.,  AV
No.19--19/ 1, 25"' Floor,» .Sc3uth-*Ez1'"(1. Fimad, '
Basavanagudi, Bangaiofje.  1  "   
Now represented by Regiqnai, "f{ice_{,*._   -.
No.25, Shankaranarayazxa'-Bui1d»iI1g';'. " 'V 
M.G.R0ad, B._an--ga}ore--igl, re};-td.,VAby".its'  V
Asssistant M_a:;agér,. ,   4_  " 
   ...AppeI1aI1t

 """  '(  Advocate. )

AND :<. L .' M % 'V M
1. 'sum 
V?  W"/0 late  C».'g'f:}Li.,

V' Aged'v%-about 49"years.
. V  = Kumar,

 '.~"§f'c$."_iat<: 'Sr: Qvelu,
 Agedvg-bout 24 years.

   3.  ().V.Sun1ithra,

'  S/0 late C.Ve12.1,
'--  Aged about 2 1 years.

C.V.S'uni1 Kumar,
S/0 late Sn". C.Va12.1,
Aged about 19 years.

All are r/a No. 103,
Chikaswainy Layout,

 



 .-_f11c-'fj&f the we A£idi';~*~~Judge 8% Member, MACE'-3, Court of
 'Sin:tzLl  Bangalore, see}; No.3, awarding
 'cef§::pef1e£1tie:§':5f Rs.?','}' 1,760/-- wtith interest at 6% 13.3..

K V' V  eourjl: delivered the foilowing :

Jazsaganahaili, 4th Cross,
J .P.Nagara 61*} Pluase,
Bangalore.

5. Sri Kumar,

S/0 H.C.Mur1;iyappa,

Aged about 31 years,    5
R/a Ullalhalli, Saka1avaraI?ost,M '  
Jigaxli, Aneka1Ta1uk, ' A  T ' "
Bangalore District. (Deleted)  _ 

6. Sri Abdul Rasheed,

S / 0 Saba Saheh, 3

Aged about 51 y'e,_é?s,  V   

'1{'reat:ment/ a. Dodda'Beg€x;r1;,'   _
Near Canara Ba:3.k,.I~-£9513' .Read; ' 1, ~ 
Banga1(:gre.Aé  '   '  '

3  V'  ...ResP0I1dents

( By sf;anag,Nm;1,,smca:efor 9- 1 to R-4. )

i«»:1see11§:;1.~:a§:¢i§-se -.  filed under Sectien
173(1) eithe M';.V.;§<;t.  the judgnent and awarfi
dated 1\9.3;:z:;(:5V  in MVC Ne. 299/2002 on the

" Ti1§_s appea1 coming cm for hearing this day, the

JUDGMENT

The Insurance Company, which is the appellant

herein, is aggfieved by the award ef the MACT insofar as

$3

the amount ganted under the head of loss of

dependency is eoneemed inasmuch as the 7e1″rer,

according te the e.ppei1ant’s counsel, is§’_:””tiie:t _

Tribimal, instead of applying jzhe .1: ” =

formula, has chosen te adopt

aesessilig the less of depeifidezneyii _.as’3

deceased had only 7*’ years ‘seiviee; ifiilitipiiflf
applied is, ‘4 it} View of the
decision ef :”?60O Kamataka
3809, the to apply spiit
flilflfipliflr. ehoulcl be taken at
50% aer

2. The” §ibo\s}Ve__.’a ‘eo’n£efifion put forward by the

V. A_ has to be accepted because the

adopted uniform miiltziplier throughout

that the deceased was aged 51 years as

en of the aecident and had only seven years left

A ‘~:if”Viee_mplete his service in the post of Assistant Manager

V’ the company which had employed him. Therefore,

‘4 the revised caleuiation W331 lead to the eempeneation

under the head ef less of dependency working out to

,%

\

Rs.5,89,3{)O/- in place of Rs.’7,43,760/–. _..__The
cenventienal ammmt graixted, however, in)
modification. Therefczre, the compensation

by R$.1,54,46()/-.

3, To the: said extent, thé_ a3§rar§i’~sf the

zmodifitad by ailowing the pgrt

ckc/–