High Court Karnataka High Court

Smt Mallamma vs Sri P Ramana Reddy on 3 November, 2009

Karnataka High Court
Smt Mallamma vs Sri P Ramana Reddy on 3 November, 2009
Author: Mohan Shantanagoudar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORET

DATED THIS THE 3120 DAY OF NOVEMBER geaechgi  " 

BEFORE

THE HON'BLE MRJUSTICE MOHAEN sEF1'Atq*rA:~JeAx9§ouaAéee 

M.F.A.No.414Q/zooaemwc) '. 2  
BETWEEN: V   V

Smt. Maliamrna  _
W/0 late Shankarappa V  
Age 39 years ' V
R/a Nagenahalli V
KadurTa1uk   ;  _  '  '

Chickmagalur     '    ..Appe11ant

(By Sri S; 'Bfiat s;e;;§xss¢cj;gaes, 'Adv.';v}

AND:

1. P. Ra1ne;.ri'a.%Redd§I   
S 0 "Pt .Naray:1,r_1é1 Red}-:1y
 about 24 'years«'

 E' « ER'/a NQ.5_/76, Shivapuram

'  Singanargiala-«Mandalam
'- '£\f1$iI1:f,éjf)u1'E3;'R'iS11I'iCt
'' .Ai1drapré;des§h State
{'i)_r'iVe1" 'of .1'orry bearing
NO ..AP*.02 /U410 72].

V'  ID/E4,[S. Pioneer Builders

 " -Sajj aladinne
 Tadipatri Mandal



_ Anantapura District
Andrapradesh State
{Owner of lorry bearing
No.AP--O.'2/U--4072).

3. New India Assurance Co., Ltd.,
9"? Floor, Parishram Bhavan

Bashir Bhag, Hyderabad--0~<}~.  " 

{By Sri M. Narayanappa, Adv., for R3)

MFA Filed under Section 173(1) oi;':vi.fv. 
judgment and award dated 27--12--'200--7 passtzd "in MVC 
N0.101/2007 on the file of the Presidirig Officer, }?astfI'i"ack 2 '

Court & MACT, Kadur, partiy aiiofiving the .claim petition for
compensation and seeking enha_r_i_cer:ie»rit of com_pensation.

This MFA coming""eii.fere_ tiifiéfiaiiiillg, this day the
court delivered the fo11owiI1g":._  1   

'*fJUeaMENT

This'apipeaI  by the claimant praying for

 enhmacyehient V.'Of.t__h_e_ compensation awarded by the

":2 Ttfifbzinai be'1QW.__

2..  the accident that occurred on 20.1.2007 at

it  p.rn., the deceased Maruti lost his life. He

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left behind the claimant, his mother as the sole legal
representative. According to the claimant, the deceased

was working as a Supervisor in Product Safety

Department with U.C.Creations, a division of V.

Exports Limited and was earning Rs.i0;l0_:()0jg'~--:

month. The Tribunal having held  the 

offending vehicle was soiely responsitiie for  lgaccideti"t, it 

has awarded total compensatiorief  tinder
various heads with interest  1. .p..?a'.~-.fromVVthel date of
petition till the date of   to pay the

compenisation}5.is  fnte'd'l on the respondent-

Znsurartce lCoinpanj_74; l

3. it has produced the salary

a_vCert.iii’cat§3′ at E)t§’P’8.,….w’hich discloses that the deceased

eaI”ning’=its-(5,000/– per month. According to the

deceased was aiso getting a sum of

/’:.~ per month as overtime allowance. However,

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there is nothing on record to support the said

contention. The Officer who has issued the

is also not examined. The accident has occ’iirred”ifi’*ith’c ‘

month of September, 2007. Any -a};)1e–‘_4’ it

would have earned Rs.100/– to

Bangalore during the relevarit_pptirh’e.__ “-_{fh’erei'”o:’e; sjthis”

Court assesses the.» ‘deceased at
Rs.-4,000/– per was a
bachelor, “Vibe deducted in
respect of -The claimant is aged
about gt; it “_th’e appropriate multiplier
would 5; in the case of Sarla

Vern_1_q &i”otfLers’– Vifielhi Transport Corporation

..¢.,c;nif:.’j.%t1rioth¢2r, réported in 2009 AG! 1298. Thus, the

évepptitled to Rs.3,60,0’00/– under the head of

1oss..ofdenejt1Cienc .

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In addition to the same, the claimant is aiso

entitled to Rs. 10,000/- under the head of loss estate

and Rs.10,000/– under the head of love

The Tribunal below has correctlyAyyaward’e(i’i– ”

under the head of conveyance funeral

etc. Thus, in all the

Rs.3,95,000/–. Accyordinglylwthe._ following Vforder is
made-:~ it V it

The 1.. is awarded total

compenlsatioid. _ [Rupees three lakhs

nintyfiife ‘thousanidol’«.on»ly}~, inclusive of the amount

already avifa1’ded.by ithe””:I’ribuna1 below, with interest at

from lthlemtdate of petition till the date of

” of the totai compensation awarded shall

be deposit in any nationalized bank for a

Z””‘–..lVV”;)eri0d three years, with Iiberty to the claimant to

Withdraw the accrued interest periodically. Remaining

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50% of the amount shail be paid to the claimant.
Award shail be drawn accordingly.

Appeal is partly allowed.

Sri M.Narayanappa, learned counsel

to file Vakalat within four weeks __f1iQI11 t0:iay_»- Vi: . *

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