High Court Karnataka High Court

The Divisional Controller Ksrtc vs Parvathi W/O Late K Subraya … on 7 July, 2008

Karnataka High Court
The Divisional Controller Ksrtc vs Parvathi W/O Late K Subraya … on 7 July, 2008
Author: Manjula Chellur K.N.Keshavanarayana
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  MIME RAMESH W/C) JARAPPA POOJARY,

IN THE HIGH COURT 0? KARNATAKA AT BANGA:,t:'é§:_V
DATED THES THE 7th DAY OF JULY 209:3-~ I  A' 

PRESENT:
THE fi{}N'BLE MR'S.JUS'I'ICE  (:14; E;wE;v!§"'  _ 
AND  _   'Z.  

THE HON'BLE MR.JUS'I'iCE_K.N.KES§r{AVAN~éiRAYAN)fX 

M.F.A.No.80g2"%«J:"2.0o3 (rvI.vj'~ 
BETWEEN: _ _    '
THE mv1szc:NAL c0rméO;;LE'R% 
SFATE ROAD TRA=NSP{)R-'F-C§)RPQ'RATiQfi',~,"
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KEZNGAI. HANi-_§Mg¥;NTH£ \'IAf§l i§0;$.'13.,   ' 
BANGALORE---»;"ii6G"()2?."-,j:--..__   "APPELLANT

(By s1i;R'4V.;;EA'; BOUT 57 YEARS
  ..19g._5;39~0;v LINE CORNER,
 PANIJESHWARA CROSS ROAD,

» A AGE}? ABOUT 56 YEARS,
A 'T LNEAR RAGHAVENDRA SWAMY TEMPLE

MADIKERI.

R.NC).23, VISi~¥WA KANNADA SAMMELANA
VINOBA ROAD, MYSORE.

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2. Respondent No.1 herein filed elaim petitiege, in

MVC No.35/98 seeking compensation of Rt”-3.6,80,9:{}iO:]j–.Vj:fer

the death of her son who said ta have dieei: in

vehicle accident that OCC’i.}1′.’I’f3d 4v.43G:.’4p.nx.,f«.ei2.

4.7.1997 at Valmiki Read

Read, Mysore. According .e1aiei:a.:1t, ,erz_: “date of V

the accident, her seI;:…aged.e-**a’ee11t years ..’s«i:?he was
working as an Artist, rider on e
Zoena bearing aleng with
his friend §{?nen%SRTC bus bearing
Registi?Ye,tiQex35 easheci against the said
1002131. Ienimediatelf eccident, he was taken to the

£eIes;;§i%:’a1,.where..I}eeue«3um’eed to the injurries on 5.7.199′?.

‘A “-appellant herein upon service of notice of

before the Tribunal and contested the

V . . ‘i’§e Tribenal on assessment of the era} and

“Ldee>e_e3ei:tary evidence elaeed by the parties, by the

.’ j”x.t(igEe11¥; under appeal held that the accident was se}.e¥.y

T “‘c§”€;e to the negiigenee of the bus driver. in the light ef the

evidence of the claimant with regard to the avecatien ef

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the deceased and in View of the fact that the deceased was

a bachelor, and having regard te the high academic

qualification of the deceased, the Tribunal .

document produced would prove, _that_–‘”dece’ase’d twee d”

earlling Rs.8,000/- per month.

took the monthly income o’i’dV_t’ae deceased AR._s,.5,O£3)()./-

per month and thereafter the,_f:§_%fj1§t1;;a1 50%
of the znonthly _ expenditure of
the deceased ‘eseesseti”‘:.–f§ee tfdependezzcy at
Rs.2,5{)G/ per annum. The
Tribunal age’ ‘of the claimant, applied
mu1tip1ie1=.,_ef,, was shown to be aged

abotgt years 01?, that basis, assessed the total loss

at ‘fis.3,60,0{)0/«. To this amount, the

has added a sum of Rs.5,000/- towards medical

expe-gases,’ -k~s%.2o,oeo/- towards trazispertation of dead

dftzrieral and other incidental expenses; Rs.5,000/~

*tewa1’ds Iove and affection. Thus, in all, the Tribunal has

-»vas:varded a sum of Rs.3,9O,OO()/-.

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awarded by the Tribunal, we see no ground ‘:0 interfere

with the award of the Tribunal towards _4

dependency. The appropriate multiplier has .

by the Tribunal having regard to tlieage _o’f”t’1″1e”‘:cleiman:.i K ”

The Tribunal has not committedv’»3.ny;”‘efi”of».if1~

the lose of eiependency at”iiRs,.3,6C)’,’€Ji(§E)[–.*’V:iiA’iTl1e.”Vas:£?art1

passed by 1:116: ‘f’ribuneil L1n::1e;f_’_i: et1:’_1’e1i*__v heaids: eieeppviéilso just
and reasonable and {S_»(;;)peVp’f:.}j>i’i_titerfere11ee with
the quantum ef<cemp:e3:'1s..af;ip:£V1V'* the Tribunal
under any iitili1:e"VVi11atter, we see :10

merit this is liable to be éismissed.

Acgergliiflglffi fheéppeal is dismissed. No order as

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judge

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Judge

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