{"id":163302,"date":"2009-11-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-23T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-new-india-assurance-co-ltd-vs-t-n-mahadevappa-on-24-november-2009"},"modified":"2019-04-02T02:07:31","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T20:37:31","slug":"the-new-india-assurance-co-ltd-vs-t-n-mahadevappa-on-24-november-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-new-india-assurance-co-ltd-vs-t-n-mahadevappa-on-24-november-2009","title":{"rendered":"The New India Assurance Co Ltd vs T N Mahadevappa on 24 November, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
The New India Assurance Co Ltd vs T N Mahadevappa on 24 November, 2009<\/div>\n
Author: Subhash B.Adi<\/div>\n
1\n\nIN THE HIGH COU'R'{' OF KARNATAKA. BANGALORE\n\nDATED THIS 'THE 24*?' DAY OF NOVEMBER 2099\n\nBEFORE\n\nTHE I~ION'BLE MR. JUSTICE S{IBI{ASI;I:.:E'1':&i1)TI*--   .<\/pre>\n
M.F.A. No. 5979 ofzops [WC] C75; L  *<\/p>\n
BETWEEN I<\/p>\n
1<\/span><\/p>\n
THE NEW INDLA ASSU_RA,NCECO ETI1
\nNO A0 LAKSHM1 COMPLEX. ‘
\nOPP VANIVILAS HoSPr1_’AL.,_ <\/p>\n
K G ROAD FORTBANGALORE ”\n<\/p>\n
BRANCH OFFICE ‘AI'{.I1\\z;-ZKUR  .  .1
\nSHOPPING COMPLEX ‘rU:viKLIR- A  <\/p>\n
REP BY 1’rSVSRD””*iSjIONAL_ ] .1 ‘”‘
\nMANAGER AT DO X111’ PEENY-A_ <\/p>\n
:3ANG2ALOE\u00a7_;:_5S0G:5S”\n<\/p>\n
.  1:.  …APPELLANT<\/p>\n
[BY SR1. A K  )<\/p>\n
 MAHADEVAPPA<\/p>\n
‘” A. :v\u00a3A;;.OR BY AGE<\/p>\n
~ vINjAj{A_’E’A BUS SERVICE<\/p>\n
5TH ROAD
\nS:DO”AGANGA EXTENSEON<\/p>\n
” ‘V”I’_U’1\\\/EKUR– 572 101<\/p>\n
 ADILAXMI
\n‘ AGED 39 YEARS<\/p>\n
W\/O RAMANJINAPPA
\nR\/O BRAMASANDRA<\/p>\n
B PALYA HOBLI
\nGOWRIBIDNUR TQ
\nKOLAR DIS11561208
\n RESPOND~ENTS’  , ”\n<\/p>\n
[BY SR1. GVDAYANANDA, ADV. FOR R1  _ V. ‘
\nSR1. PATEL D. KARECOwDA.-ADv. FOR R2)
\nTHIS MFA FILED U\/S 30(1) OFWC. ACT AGAiNs’I?
\nTHE JUDGMENT DATED 31}..03;20’08’ie\u00bb._PASSED, “*I.I_\\I
\nWCA\/FC\/CR–115\/2007 ON ,T”E~IE FILE OF  LAB4O’UR’–,
\nOFFICER AND COIvIMI:3s’IONER*- E-‘OR._
\nCOMPENSATION, TUMKUR,  DEST’P_EC’T,.  “TUMKUR.
\nAWARDING A COMPENSATION’~Of?__RS.3,*36V,O0VC}\/- WITH
\nINTEREST@ 12% RA.”   ”   ” ”\n<\/p>\n
THIS MFA C0MIN’0I._  :EOR0″eAAE’AI:)fMIssION THIS
\nDAY, THE COURT DELIVE’BI$D.’:T_HE. FOLLOWING:<\/p>\n
..,fOp,\u00ab\ufb01nDa\ufb01ENT IIII<\/p>\n
v’:i’.his’: the insurer questioning the<\/p>\n
liability in’—respect of ‘the Commissioner for Workmen’s<\/p>\n
 Q01.1}”i3\u00a2?1;\u00a7\u00bbsii_tionA’,V”‘Tumkur, dated 31.03.2008. The 2″<\/p>\n
   ‘-the mother of the deceased. She \ufb02ied a<\/p>\n
  seeking Compensation for the death of her<\/p>\n
 son, who was working as a Cieaner in the bus bearing<\/p>\n
regi’g’tratiOn No. KA.06.B.1i88, in the accident that<\/p>\n
  occurred on 06.06.2007’.\n<\/p>\n
3<\/span>\n<\/p>\n
2) It is alleged that, when the deceased was<\/p>\n
opened the door of the bus to alight from the but’s;”.tdue<\/p>\n
to two electric wires feil on the roof of on<\/p>\n
account of heavy rain fall, he electrocuted <\/p>\n
succumbed to the same.\n<\/p>\n
3) Before the Col:-*h13:1_issio13_er, Vt}i\u00a7~ly’\u00a7ai.idVVV <\/p>\n
petition was contested by____the_ irisurer.c_’_Thef% insured
\nthough served, has remained  <\/p>\n
4) The irlsurer’;  cfontestedllthe matter, has<\/p>\n
Contef1ded’iri.cleaner is not entitled for
\ncompe1’isation* Vunder”–the.\u00abprovisions of the Workrnen’s<\/p>\n
Col-npensat’ion  Section 147′ of the Motor<\/p>\n
. it  Ve’hicies  statutoirily fixes the liability on the insurer<\/p>\n
  of the driver of the vehicle and in case of<\/p>\n
a ‘public’ service Vehicle, the risk of the conductor or the<\/p>\n
 .ticket”e\u00a7<a1niner is only covered. as such. there is a
\nldstattltory liability on the insurer. In View of the<\/p>\n
 " ~-'provisions of Section \u00a347. in case of the Private<\/p>\n
cleaner.\n<\/p>\n
conductor and\/or cleaner, as such, it is the driver and<\/p>\n
the Conductor, who can only be compensated. .\u00ab_’  <\/p>\n
7) On the other hand, lea.tr:n_eduV::–c0u11se’l..<\/p>\n
appearing for the claimant sub_mitt.ed. <\/p>\n
discloses collection of extra’ premiiirnof  <\/p>\n
employees. The ‘two  but, it
\nonly mentions as ’em.p:[‘oye:es’;;_p: any employee
\nsuccumbed to injuries  he
\nwas entitleditol  employer vis–a–
\nvis   for the appellant
\nsubmitteti’ it covers the risk of the
\n and in this case, the policy<\/p>\n
disciloses that”there_is collection of extra premium of<\/p>\n
d l\u00a7si:5G\u00ab,%’fQ’3;VlCoverage of extra employees apart from the<\/p>\n
H  The risk of the other employees
\n ‘fbene\ufb01t, the extra premium is collected are
\nV’  xalsocoyered. Learned counsel for the insurer submits<\/p>\n
that ll’\/{T410 refers to only driver, conductor and not the<\/p>\n
It is also not in dispute that 2 employees are<\/p>\n
6<\/span>
\ncovered on the basis of the extra premium co\ufb02ected by<\/p>\n
the insurer. {M1140 refers to coiiection offextra<\/p>\n
premium, necessarily shows the risk of the….Cieane_r.Vis<\/p>\n
covered by the policy. No other provisionsatchftasp, a’1’3.y__ ‘ <\/p>\n
prohibitions for covering the <\/p>\n
persons, is pointed out byrtiie learned couiisdeid \u00a303: there.<\/p>\n
insurer. In View of theV\u00b0x_sda:ne, E—  that the
\nCommissioner has rightly awarded’compensation to the
\nclaimant a.nd __fixed   t  = ‘the Insurance<\/p>\n
:78) -_ ‘ _f:ar_>as_::th.e’rate of interest is concerned,
\nthe Commissioner’.’h”a.sf;awarded interest at 12% pa.<\/p>\n
 one month:a_ft_er’ the date of accident tiii the date of<\/p>\n
. jgja\ufb02ifiliiit.:’.,A.V’i’IQW\u20acV\u20acF, the Apex Court, in the judgment
\n  aoog AIR saw 371 7 [ Oriental Insurance
\n    Mohd. Nasir and Another] has ciari\ufb01ed
\nV’  held that the award of interest to be awarded at
\n‘A73’\/’2ti\/o from the date of fiiing of the claim petition tiii the<\/p>\n
date of judgment and at 12% from the date of judgment<\/p>\n
7<\/span><\/p>\n
from the date of deposit or payment. in View of the
\njudgment of the Apex Court cited supra, the impugned<\/p>\n
judgment is modi\ufb01ed to the extent of rate ofVVin1_:’erest<\/p>\n
awarded by the Commissioner. Accordiingiytjj__’:t1*1_e’ _<\/p>\n
claimant is entitled for interest aptmf71\/2% \ufb01”o1n.::the”Vdate = 2<\/p>\n
the petition till the date of judgment<\/p>\n
the date ofjudgment til} thed-ate oifclepositii\/C  ”<\/p>\n
against the rate __ of  avi}a1’de_d Vvfiby the
\nCommissioner.\n<\/p>\n
With theisboveiimodi\ufb01estiion  the extent of<\/p>\n
rate of_interest;.’this s_’ppe’a.i ‘stands disposed of.<\/p>\n
_-The siniount deposited before this Court shall he<\/p>\n
 tr\u00e91nsfei’red..’ to the Commissioner for Workmens<\/p>\n
A r. Co~mpensati on \u00a7.~~Tumkur.\n<\/p>\n
Sci\/*
\nJUDGE<\/p>\n
d*aw.\ufb01sR*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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No. 5979 ofzops [WC] C75; L * BETWEEN I 1 THE […]<\/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-163302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-karnataka-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nThe New India Assurance Co Ltd vs T N Mahadevappa on 24 November, 2009 - 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\/the-new-india-assurance-co-ltd-vs-t-n-mahadevappa-on-24-november-2009\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The New India Assurance Co Ltd vs T N Mahadevappa on 24 November, 2009 - 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