{"id":114082,"date":"2008-03-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-16T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/new-india-assurance-co-ltd-vs-smt-mala-on-17-march-2008"},"modified":"2016-06-03T13:19:46","modified_gmt":"2016-06-03T07:49:46","slug":"new-india-assurance-co-ltd-vs-smt-mala-on-17-march-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/new-india-assurance-co-ltd-vs-smt-mala-on-17-march-2008","title":{"rendered":"New India Assurance Co Ltd vs Smt Mala on 17 March, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
New India Assurance Co Ltd vs Smt Mala on 17 March, 2008<\/div>\n
Author: B.S.Patil<\/div>\n
MFA N0.8099.07\n\n \n\n, nmwnmn:\n\n1% \/'v'g,;_._j .:7.':'\\.w\"1'c.7- \n\n(6, _\/_,;._..(Z.,..\nWational Insurance Co. Ltd Q\n\n No.19\/4, Sax-panchal Ama':e-'.\u00a2, _\n9+. \\=t-\"\"3\"\" _ 1\" Floor, Dinnur Main Road, _ --\nM ' -lb -L},-,,g.7 Bangalore -- 560 032, ' I V V\nM 4,. *r'\u00b0\"' Now represented hyits  \nV' ' Divisional Manager,   1. _\nDivisional omcc Nc*;{1._1, . .  \n4\"! Floor, To\u00e9ivcr \u00bb \" j_ _\nUnity Building, J--f3.;,Reac!--,w \" A - A \nBanga1ore\":.=5:3<:s%oo2;    : APPELLANT\n\n[By an. izgrlnj sn 1e\u00a3-;;m\u00a7a,"V%Aa\u00a7.;%_ %\n\n V 1  "L"Q   ..... .. "\n"'.""'7"-"~.'1I\n\n .1. . -,\\,Jx.u I.-3\n\n* . W!o%1\u20acvmw:nna\u00bb\n\n;..',_._...'-! ran .;.. ...g_\n':1 "'\n\n4 ycq.-ua,\n\n .  Ciiautiana,\n\nD\/0 Kempanna,\n\nAged" 10 years,\n\nA TRep.-by its Natural Guaxdian- R-1,\n\nSmt. Mala,\n\n" -._A.gw:d_ 29 yI:::3_.,\n\n Muster Dhanush,\n\nS] o. Kempanna.\nAged 6 years,\nRep. by its Natural Guardian- R-1,\n\nSmt. Maia, Aged 29 \n\n\n\nMFA No.8099.0'7\n\n4. S11. M. Muniraju.\nSio. Sri. Mekala' ppa,\nAged 60 years,\n\n1.3'\n\nSmt, Smojamma,\nWlo Sri. Muniraju,\nAnnual An Iranian\nI159" "ru _y\\.-nun,\n\n9|\n\n imanda Kumar.\nS] 0. Sri. Muniraju.\nAged 30 years,\n\n7. Sri. K.PIakash.\nQln Hr-inhnnnnnc   \n"I V' '"*"""*""rr"'I  .  .1 . \nKunduvathi (ViJ1agev&.'~l-'?_ostf:,   .4 V *\n\nC1.:1.1-..1....11...pu1. rP..I.-.1".-. ..\n\nKolar District. ' 1 A\n\n " 1  __:f.Rl5BP0lIDElI'l'B\n\nThis appeal 5is_f1led\u00abui-3 173(1) of\ufb02ie Motor Vehicles Act\nn:-ngainst the 5;Juci_+;;me\ufb01t. dated 11.01.2007 passed in\nWW0 No_.3H14G.[  one 'the file of the Addl. Judge, Court of\nem Gauges,' g'is.J!e.rx-;?;:i:;z', Memhez\u00b0;"In.ri.A.CF-V, l\\.I!et.n;J},1o11'.Li.a;; \nBangalore ._ (SC<3HV.._"No;5)';-.,__a1ave1diI1g a compensation of\nRs.4,:"$4,GGU:._i--  pas. fr"m the date of pet\ufb01hn\n\ntill deposin \u00bb '\n\nj This  coming on for admission. this day. the Court\n\n '~   the fol1o'wm.g:\\ e\n\n1.  This   appeal by the insurance Company aggrieved\n\n '"by_the  of compensation awarded by the Clam s\n\nA   vide its judgement and award dated 11.01.2007 in\n\n1 _h,41.V.C.No.3140\/2006.\n\n\n\nMFA No.8099.0'7\n\n2. One n inpan ta alias nemm\ufb02c-'....a was ..L1_!ed in an\naccident that took place on  when a temmwi\ufb01ven\n\nby its driver in a rash and negligent manner dashed' \n\nhim while he was walking on Karahalli cross--,j:   \n\nResort. His widow, children.  it '\n\npetition claiming compensation ul of\n\nAct. The \ufb01rst claimant herself as   I L'\n\n.9 R8 w..ze pmd.I_1...ed ,n__d_ - =.fI'he respondent though<\/pre>\n
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for Vcgompensationj’ tl1e’V”I’n:bunal disbelieved the version of the<\/p>\n
that._.the deceased was earning a sum of Rs.6,500\/-<\/p>\n
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 at Rs.3,000\/- p.m. Having regaxd to the age of the<\/p>\n
    deceased at the time of accident (30 years) and after deducting<\/p>\n
1\/ 3"' towards his personal expenses, the 'l'rihuna1 applying the<\/p>\n
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MFA No.8099.07<\/p>\n
multiplier of 16. quantmcd Lu l”ss of dependency at
\nRs.3,84.000\/-. As against other conventional heads like loss<\/p>\n
of consortium. loss of love and affection and loss of<\/p>\n
amount ranging from F.’s.15,000\/- to Rs.20.0G(:):i<\/p>\n
awarded. Totally a sum of Rs.4t.54\u00bb.-000f_”-tlllisl   <\/p>\n
compensation along with interest  p.:a.  <\/p>\n
petition till the date of payIne1~}{‘*~.\\V_<\/p>\n
3. Learned counsel   that the
\namount awarded towards ‘ and loss of
\nestate at Rs.20,0QQ1f- each; on  side and requires<\/p>\n
int… .erence _y.ti1_is’     ,l ; A<\/p>\n
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  ;\u00a3’..”.._},Y”{_’,_…..1.T\u00a3I.eI1t._I’_\\,f evid..nce ‘_n su port of her assertion<\/p>\n
that he’?  “ms “etting R.6.500,’- pm. as ..a.azy; Th…<\/p>\n
accident’ has taken place on  The deceased ‘W11<\/p>\n
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 V-..l1aJef=and healthy. He uias aged about 30 years at the time of<\/p>\n
    his death. He has left behind a young widow aged 28 years<\/p>\n
and two minor children aged 9 and 5 years iespectively apart<\/p>\n
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MFA No.-3099.07<\/p>\n
Rs.3,000\/ – p.m. Though the sum awarded towards lose-“of iove
\nand a\ufb02ection and loss of estate is mar@’nally on the.E3itg1ee:rT::side<\/p>\n
having regard to the totality of the cheumsma\ufb01ces <\/p>\n
conservative approach adopted in ;~eco:e\u00a2mg\u00ab,M   the<\/p>\n
monthly income of the deceased. I   <\/p>\n
this arpeal. Hence, the  die\ufb021iee.ed*de*Jbid of L’<\/p>\n
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There is a mistake in showing the name of  _<\/p>\n
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..hb.’.’.\ufb01 as \u00abNae.-J__.P_a1 gnemrnnee C.3  nqanv  ‘Thi.-1His_.3a \u00e9<\/p>\n
Hence. it. is ordered   ‘\u00a7th\u00a7v’hppc\ufb02ant shall
\nbe corrected as   Limited’,
\ngee the name  company Limited’.<\/p>\n
The   H<":ut and a fresh certi\ufb01ed
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Karnataka High Court New India Assurance Co Ltd vs Smt Mala on 17 March, 2008 Author: B.S.Patil MFA N0.8099.07 , nmwnmn: 1% \/’v’g,;_._j .:7.’:’\\.w”1’c.7- (6, _\/_,;._..(Z.,.. Wational Insurance Co. Ltd Q No.19\/4, Sax-panchal Ama’:e-‘.\u00a2, _ 9+. \\=t-“”3″” _ 1″ Floor, Dinnur Main Road, _ — M ‘ -lb -L},-,,g.7 Bangalore — 560 032, ‘ I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-karnataka-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nNew India Assurance Co Ltd vs Smt Mala on 17 March, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/new-india-assurance-co-ltd-vs-smt-mala-on-17-march-2008\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New India Assurance Co Ltd vs Smt Mala on 17 March, 2008 - 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