{"id":125884,"date":"2010-01-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-18T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-new-india-assurance-co-ltd-vs-chi-manjunath-on-19-january-2010"},"modified":"2017-06-23T08:17:17","modified_gmt":"2017-06-23T02:47:17","slug":"the-new-india-assurance-co-ltd-vs-chi-manjunath-on-19-january-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-new-india-assurance-co-ltd-vs-chi-manjunath-on-19-january-2010","title":{"rendered":"The New India Assurance Co Ltd &#8230; vs Chi Manjunath on 19 January, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">The New India Assurance Co Ltd &#8230; vs Chi Manjunath on 19 January, 2010<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: V.Jagannathan<\/div>\n<pre>IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA\nCIRCUIT BENCH AT DHARWAD\n\nDATED THIS THE 19m DAY OF JANUARY\u00a7';\"'2'C}5'\u00a3VdQ Sf  _\n\nBEFORE\n\nTHE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE :';VE.EEVjA*GANN'ri'.f]_Tf\u00a3\u00abIAN:Vf_\n\nM.F.A.NO.7122\/2056 (II\/IV)\n\nBETWEEN:\n\nTHE: NEW INDIA ASSURANOI3: cOI;;'-I;I'jO.,\"'-\u00bb.._\nBELGAUM DO, ' 4_   \nTHROUGH ITS REGIONAL OF'_F'iC'E_u7   \" .\nAT NO.2mB, UNITY BUILDINGVANNEXE,   ._ \nMISSION ROAD, 4:' ._ 3'  _  - \nI3ANGALORI;--55o'    'V \n\nREP. BY ITS Iv!I\u00a7{E;~fAC\u00a7ERI' I\nSRLC.R.SI,I--BRA1\\r1.AN'i\u00a7';%\u00a7...'    APPELLANT\n\n(By Ad'v.}\n\nAND\n\n_ VCHTLMANJLINATH ~  V V\n A-GED-___1'I 'IHEARS,  ---------- \n-,S \/O IRAPPAI I~I.A'rI.DT, \"\n\nR\/f0' KASH'}.I\u00a7?ET',* RA-MDURC},\nDISTsR_I:..LG-A'LI,M..VV'-I'\nBEING MINOR--,':._RI:.P. BY HIS GUARDIAN 85\n\nV E' FATHER SR1 I-RAPPA SANKAPPA NANDI.  RESPONDENT<\/pre>\n<p>H &#8221;    IS:~i_.Jag\u00e9.dish Patii, Adv.)<\/p>\n<p>   appeai iS \ufb01led under Stecipion E73 (1) Of MV Act.<br \/>\n VZ:'&#8221;zgai17?1SL the judgment and award dated 15.04.2006 passed in<\/p>\n<p>,&gt;_\\&lt;;;?33&#039;\/<\/p>\n<p>l\\J<\/p>\n<p>MVC No.53?\/2003 on the file of the Member, Addl. MACE&#039;,<br \/>\nSaundatti, awarding a Compensation of Rs.l,90,000\/s&#8211;&quot;&#039;with<br \/>\ninterest at 8% pa. from the date of petition till realisation; <\/p>\n<p>This appeal coming on for hearing, this <\/p>\n<p>delivered the following:\n<\/p>\n<p>JUDGME\ufb01$d\u00ae<\/p>\n<p>Heard the learned counselfor the&#8217;aplpellantliiagidalearlneid <\/p>\n<p>counsel for the respondentwclaimalritiiinuresgaeetioi the appeal<br \/>\npreferred by the InsuranCe4_._C\u00abom1aan.\u00a7,rVehallenging the quantum<\/p>\n<p>of compensation awarded <\/p>\n<p>2. ;u\u00a2Sri.B.C.See&#8217;thara&#8211;ina  wflearned counsel for the<\/p>\n<p>appellant-=i&#8217;nsu.ranceili1?om&#8217;pany submits that the MAC&#8217;? has<br \/>\nawarded huge Co_1ri;\u00a7g;..n.l\u00a7atiVoniVll&#8221;under various heads totalling<\/p>\n<p>Rs.3,90,0OO\/9*-._for  sustained by the minor boy<\/p>\n<p>.&#8211;vv.whichr~&#8221;5:A;ere&#8217; all sirriple____injuries and loss of one incisor tooth.<\/p>\n<p>V&#8221;~Th-&#8216;.&#8217;3l1V&#8221;V(&#8216;3&#8217;l&#8221;,)V]&#8217;\u20ac~,._{l&#8217;l\u20ac&#8221;C6i1&#8217;1p\u20acI&#8217;lS8.tiOI1 be reduced under all the heads.<\/p>\n<p>3.  Patil, learned Counsel for the respondent\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>l&#8221;~&#8217;\u00ab\u00ab___el\u00bbaimant&#8217; the other submitted that the compensation<\/p>\n<p> awarded does not require any modi\ufb01cation by way of reduction.<\/p>\n<p>14.)<\/p>\n<p>4. Having thus heard &#8216;both sides, taking note of the injuries<\/p>\n<p>sustained by the claimant which are mentioned in EXL\u00a7),\u00a7&#8217;\u00ab.&#8221;&#8216;Li1\u20acj<\/p>\n<p>wound certi\ufb01cate, it is observed that out of the   .<\/p>\n<p>were abrasions and one was the rnu1t.irpie ab=.&#8221;asio&#8211;n&#8217;_&#8217;vand o.n1&#8217;_=; <\/p>\n<p>grievous injury is the loss of upper inciisor:1&#8217;to0th.&#8217;trin. theifi\u00e9g&#8217;h_..t <\/p>\n<p>the aforesaid injuries sustained by&#8217;~t_he claimant, tvcoiinpensation <\/p>\n<p>awarded by the Tribunal underl\ufb01various  found in<br \/>\nparagraph 13 of its  &#8220;modification by way of<br \/>\nreduction. Therefore, the  head of loss<br \/>\nof amenities     amount given<br \/>\ntowards loss  towards permanent<br \/>\ndisabilitygand   disallowed. However,<br \/>\nunder theiiiheiadiof ofi&#8217;dii_sfiigurement of the face, a sum of<\/p>\n<p>Rs.\u00a7O,QO0\/- bie&#8230;&#8217;~aw&#8217;ard&#8221;ed. Towards medical expenses,<\/p>\n<p>T Rs. 3iO&#8221;,iv()ifJ0gfe is awardiedaind towards attendant and conveyance<\/p>\n<p>ch_a&#8217;rges&#8217;  awarded. Towards pain and suffering, a<\/p>\n<p>sumof  is awarded. Thus, the compensation<\/p>\n<p>  works out Rs.62,OO()\/A in all.\n<\/p>\n<p>T    &lt; .y_&#039;I_ihus, the compensation given by the Tribunal is modi\ufb01ed<\/p>\n<p> the claimant is actuaily entitfed to Rs.62,000\/\u00ab with<\/p>\n<p>}r&quot;\n<\/p>\n<p>interest as given by the Tribunai. The appeai is therefore<\/p>\n<p>allowed w\u00e9ih the above modificatiorl in the award a1neu&#8217;r1t;.:W.Tk%e<\/p>\n<p>excess amount if aiready paid to the elaimanii <\/p>\n<p>recovered by the Insurance C0mpany_i.1t1 .acco1_&#8211;&#8216;d\u00e9\u00a3\ufb01ee&#8217;_&#8221;witthv&#8217;Eawu. <\/p>\n<p>The amount in depos\ufb01; made by the i\ufb01suraiexeje <\/p>\n<p>this Court be refunded to it.  V  &#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>  e-Sd\/<br \/>\ne %JUDGE<\/p>\n<p>Jm\/&#8211;~<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karnataka High Court The New India Assurance Co Ltd &#8230; vs Chi Manjunath on 19 January, 2010 Author: V.Jagannathan IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA CIRCUIT BENCH AT DHARWAD DATED THIS THE 19m DAY OF JANUARY\u00a7&#8217;;&#8221;&#8216;2&#8217;C}5&#8217;\u00a3VdQ Sf _ BEFORE THE HON&#8217;BLE MR. 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