{"id":144462,"date":"2010-02-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-15T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sakeena-wo-late-abdulla-vs-m-manjunath-so-n-murthy-on-16-february-2010"},"modified":"2018-10-07T12:06:14","modified_gmt":"2018-10-07T06:36:14","slug":"sakeena-wo-late-abdulla-vs-m-manjunath-so-n-murthy-on-16-february-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sakeena-wo-late-abdulla-vs-m-manjunath-so-n-murthy-on-16-february-2010","title":{"rendered":"Sakeena W\/O Late Abdulla vs M Manjunath S\/O N Murthy on 16 February, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Sakeena W\/O Late Abdulla vs M Manjunath S\/O N Murthy on 16 February, 2010<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: A.N.Venugopala Gowda<\/div>\n<pre>IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE\nDATED THIS THE 161\"\" DAY OF FEBRUARY. 2010\nB E F O R E\n\nTHE HON 'BLE MR.-JUSTICE A.N.VENUGOPAI;A\"C{0WDA\n\nM.F.A.No. 13689 of 2006k(1vIV)  A  \n\nBETWEEN:\n\n1. Sakeena, 39 yrs.,\nW\/0. late Abdulla,\n\n2. Siddique, 19  A\nS\/(). 1ateAbdui'}a.,\" _ \n\n3.   A \n D \/o; iajte _Abdu11a.'\\_v    \n\nS\/*0... _V1atevAl_3d1;1i.:1,--~1'\n\n V. A_   \n\n+.1gte Abdulla,\n\n     8 yrs.,\n\n3',*oA.A1ate Abdulla,\n\nA .. Ap\ufb01\u00e9llants 3 to 6 are minors\nRep. by their mother\/ natural\n\nA  Guardian Smt. Sakeena --\n\nA Appellant N0. 1.\n\nAll are R\/at. No.49,\n\n\n\nOpp. MSR Hospital,\nNew BEL Road,\nBangalore -- 560 094.\n\n h'  0 * '\n(I3YSr1.R.ChandrashekaIf.~AC1V.} 13:.  0\nAND:\n\n1. M.Manjunath, rna]o1*,__ \nS\/o. N.l\\\/Iurthy,  00\nR\/at. GouriNi1_aya,  _ \"\nAnJar1eyaTemp_1e\u00bb..street,_V  2 '\nOpp. Coconut Groove~,.__  Z V V\nHebbal Kempapura._,._ V' A\n\n2. The:Di1ii'si.onal.M'a.nage.rl;  \nThe Owrierit  l11S'u._1fa;t:iee., Q03 , Ltd. .\n[DO-I; t.\"Ijr_oth't1flaha.l complex,\n\"St.:1\\\/Iarl{'s:\"road,\"'\u00ab._  0 '\nBan\u00a7_.\u00a7aIo're 4  .11\"\n ll _ '_ 7 \" V.  . Respondents\n\n   O';M.a..hesh, Adv. for R2,\n   notice to R. 1 dispensed with.)\n\n=i==i_,594\"l \/2002 on the \ufb01le of the IX Addl. Judge, Member\n\n - '7, Court of Small Causes, Metropolitan Area,\n\n_   \"Bangalore, {SCCH--7), partly allowing the claim petition for\n   compensation and seeking enhancement of compensation.\n\n\n\nThis appeal coming on for hearing, this day,\nthe Court delivered the following: 'i \n\nJUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n<p>This appeal is by the petitioners. .&#8211;&#8216;ivir;.:,ji&#8217;\\bdi11la, <\/p>\n<p>about 43 years, husband of first :appellai1&#8217;t&#8217; jandlfiatiit\ufb01&#8217; of &#8211;:<\/p>\n<p>the other appellants, having-sostainled. ..1n~&#8217;3a<br \/>\nvehicle accident, died   petition filed<br \/>\nunder Seo.166 of beenllpailowed by the MACT<br \/>\nin part. CoVrripe_nsaf\u00a7i{3&#8217;I&#8217;]:\u00bb  determined at<br \/>\n   30% contributory<\/p>\n<p>negli&#8217;gen_cexVof&#8217;~the&#8221;dece&#8217;as_ed.5- Abdulla, Rs.1,&#8217;77,000\/&#8211; was<\/p>\n<p>deductedland  Rs.4, 13,000\/&#8211; has been made.<\/p>\n<p> the&#8217;-petitioners have preferred this appeal.<\/p>\n<p> he &#8221; &#8216;Heard the learned Counsel on both sides and<\/p>\n<p>perused&#8217; records.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; h &#8220;3:  Learned Counsel for the appellants contended<\/p>\n<p>  it that the Tribunal has committed an error in holding that<\/p>\n<p> is 30% contributory r1egliger1oEby the deceased &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>,\/&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Abdu\ufb01a. He further contended that the loss of<br \/>\ndependency assessed by the Tribunal is on Iowerfside and<\/p>\n<p>there is no just award by the Tribunal.<\/p>\n<p>4. Per contra, Sri.O.Mahes_h, the&#8221;1&#8217;ea1jn&#8217;ed C.ounsei:&#8221;~..<\/p>\n<p>appearing for the second responde&#8217;nit~&#8221;&#8211;   &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>taking me through  saketch the scene<br \/>\nof occurrence, contends  rtas only on<br \/>\naccount of rash  vehicle by the<br \/>\ndeceased &#8211;&#8216;_Ai::dui1a.;:&#8221;&#8221;&#8216;that this is a case<br \/>\nwherein,   to be attributed to<br \/>\nthe  further contended that,<br \/>\nwithout  being placed on record,<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;ha_S_______taken the income of the deceased at<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;  month. He would conclude by contending<\/p>\n<p>that  &#8216;th_e,..3&#8217;tacts and material circumstances, the award<\/p>\n<p> passedjbgf the Tribunal is just compensation.<\/p>\n<p>A  5. In View of the rivai contentions, the points for<\/p>\n<p>consideration are : g<\/p>\n<p>\/.\n<\/p>\n<p>{i} Whether there is any contributory negligence<br \/>\non the part of the deceased &#8212; _Abdnl.1a for<\/p>\n<p>occurance of the accident in question;  _.__ it <\/p>\n<p>[ii] What is the 311st coInpe_nsat_.ion&#8221; ~ :t_h,e&#8221;ap&#8221;pe11an&#8217;tsVI<\/p>\n<p>are entitled to &#8216;P<br \/>\n. Re. Point No.1 :\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00e9l P.W. 1 has spoken    is not an<br \/>\neye witness. To  Police have relied<br \/>\nupon EXs.P.1   No doubt Ex.P.2\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; the  the deceased has<br \/>\n the collision between the<br \/>\ntwo ifehiclels In the absence of an eye<\/p>\n<p>witness accoii-.nt&#8217;*Vfoi&#8217;*'&#8221;the incident, the Court has to look<\/p>\n<p> into the rriateriai&#8221;&#8221;cireun&#8217;1stances, i.e. the Poiice records.<\/p>\n<p>  &#8216;llP_olIic\u00a7:&#8217;\u00ab..ai&#8217;te1=a.:Vthorough investigation have charge sheeted<\/p>\n<p>the fmotor cycle. Charge sheet is at Ex.P.6. The<\/p>\n<p> Aydoenrnents as at Exs.P. 1 to R6 being not under challenge,<\/p>\n<p> though Ex.P.2 shows that the deceased had entered<\/p>\n<p>xlthe main road, the rider of rrttor cycle which is<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;3\/-*&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>9-&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>comparatively a heavy vehicle, could have avoided the<\/p>\n<p>accident. In the circumstances, the  the<\/p>\n<p>=4<\/p>\n<p>Tribunal, which are inconsistent with  no<\/p>\n<p>contributory negligence, has to-he held as  Ifi..Ath&#8217;e it <\/p>\n<p>face of the Police records which<br \/>\nthe MACT ought to have ..thatv.th.e&#8217;  has taliten<br \/>\nplace on account of&#8221;  the part of<br \/>\nrider of the motor of contributory<br \/>\nnegligence ijbyvihtiifevivevidence on record,<br \/>\nhas to be  record would prove that<br \/>\n to the occurance of<\/p>\n<p>the accideiflt in  <\/p>\n<p>    :\n<\/p>\n<p>   had provision store business which are<\/p>\n<p>evidentfroni Exs. 13.7 and R8. P.W.1 has spoken to about<\/p>\n<p> nth__e avocation of the deceased. He was aged about 43<\/p>\n<p>years as on the date of the accident, which is evident from<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;hpost mortem report M Ex 13.4. Deceased was maintaining<\/p>\n<p>K7<\/p>\n<p>his Wife. a groWn&#8211;up son and four minor children. ___He was<\/p>\n<p>the only bread earner in the family. Tribunal<\/p>\n<p>the income of the deceased at Rs.5,000\/&#8211;,  4_<\/p>\n<p>to be without any material support-..   <\/p>\n<p>doing provision store business in;_Banga1o1&#8217;e, *Inain&#8211;tain1&#8217;ng<\/p>\n<p>a big family iike the present onercouuid&#8212;  to earn<\/p>\n<p>at least Rs.4,000\/&#8211; .   Since it &#8216;more than four<br \/>\ndependents were    unit method<br \/>\nhas to be   of dependency. In<br \/>\nthe  it\u00e9would be just to take the<br \/>\nincomeiof per month. 1\/4th<br \/>\nwill hair&#8217;e.,Vto be  personal expenses. Loss<\/p>\n<p>of dependencgi Rs.3,000\/&#8211; per month. Multiplier<\/p>\n<p>the matter in terms of the decision in Sarla<\/p>\n<p> &#8217;14&#8217;. Thus, loss of dependency would<\/p>\n<p>Corrie to R&#8217;s&#8217;.&#8217;;E&#8221;),04,000\/-. Under the conventional heads, i.e.<\/p>\n<p>  i&#8217;oss_of&#8221;consortiuIn, ioss of iove and affection and funerai<\/p>\n<p>andiiobsequies ceremonies, etc. there has to be an addition<\/p>\n<p>E:\n<\/p>\n<p>W<\/p>\n<p>of at least 10% of the award amount i.e, Rs.50,00__(_)\/&#8211;. In<\/p>\n<p>all, the appellants are entitled to Re.5,54,o0o\/&#8211;..(-i<\/p>\n<p>In the result, in modification of the 4_<\/p>\n<p>award passed by the Tribuna1;&#8221;the\u00ab   \ufb01G&#8217;1Cu1&#8217;f <\/p>\n<p>entitled to total compensation:__<\/p>\n<p>interest at 6% on the enhaiieed cotriperisationgdddfrom the<br \/>\ndate of filing of the   its&#8221;p&#8217;ayn1ent. The<br \/>\napportionment ratio asV_oi&#8217;derie_d  intact.<\/p>\n<p>Respon_dei\u00a7ets_Varegfadntedd.  time to deposit<\/p>\n<p>the baianee  met<\/p>\n<p>Sd\ufb01&#8217;<br \/>\nEUEQE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karnataka High Court Sakeena W\/O Late Abdulla vs M Manjunath S\/O N Murthy on 16 February, 2010 Author: A.N.Venugopala Gowda IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE DATED THIS THE 161&#8243;&#8221; DAY OF FEBRUARY. 2010 B E F O R E THE HON &#8216;BLE MR.-JUSTICE A.N.VENUGOPAI;A&#8221;C{0WDA M.F.A.No. 13689 of 2006k(1vIV) A BETWEEN: 1. 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