{"id":172354,"date":"2008-08-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-11T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/smt-shantamma-vs-m-t-kumara-on-12-august-2008"},"modified":"2015-12-20T17:43:30","modified_gmt":"2015-12-20T12:13:30","slug":"smt-shantamma-vs-m-t-kumara-on-12-august-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/smt-shantamma-vs-m-t-kumara-on-12-august-2008","title":{"rendered":"Smt Shantamma vs M T Kumara on 12 August, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Smt Shantamma vs M T Kumara on 12 August, 2008<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Anand Byrareddy<\/div>\n<pre>I\nIN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE\n\nDATED THIS THE 12*' DAY OF AUGUSI' _25fd\u00a7.'  . x\nBEFORE:       \n\nTHE HON'BLE MR. JUS'FlCE;'2$\u00a7~I'g\u00a7;i~$1):\"BYI2;Ai{\u20acDI\u00a7\u00a7' ' :~\n\n \n\nBETWEEN:\nSmt. Shaniamma, 49 y\u00a2.2;ar:\u00a7\u00a7:%'~ \nW10 Jayarame Gowda \" '\n\nResident of Shcttikoppa  f  _ \nN.R.Pt1raTal\u00a7u1C'..: V1'-  3:  ~  '\n\n     APPF,I.,I..ANT\n(By  GiriSf:-  v\ufb01eiule)\n\n' *  .. Ii V.   Kiimaza, \n\n \" Sfo'vThit:2vm'egowda\n Dfi w\u00a7\"r--\u00ab gf Atztinickshaw\n\nV Isis. KAI-3815871\n\n\"\"She5.{ikc2p\"pa Village\nN.\" R. 'Para Taluk\n\n = : chs\u00a2kmaga1ur District\n\n   B. Chandrcgowda, Major\n\n8\/0 A. G. Belie Gowda\nOwner of Aulorickshaw\nBeaxing No. KA-18-5871\nShcllikoppa, N. R. Fun!\n\n3\n\nISCELLANEOUS FIRST APPEAL  7o\u00a29.\u00bb;g:.;o.o6.n,:v. %\n\n\n\n2\nTaluk, Chikmegalur District\n\n3. The New India Assurance\n\nCompany Limited\n\nBranch Office, Chickmagalur\n\nRepresented byits    ; '\"'   \nBranch Manager   A ._ f\n\n(By Shri. A. S. Girish, Adv0ea!x:..f(3r Rezaeondent.  2 _ \" ,\nShri. A.K. Bhat, Advocate for Responde'n$__No,A 3,ait--:I\"Re\u00a7pondent\nNo.2-Served)  '  ._  \n\nt;ez~+~\u00ab.=#*--. \n\nThis Miscellaneous  under Section\n173(1) of the Motor Vehicles Act  the judgement and\naward dated 5.: ;2,0o6 pa_.\u20acsed..\u00a7h MVt:..1~\u00a2q, '545\/2m2 on the \ufb01le of\nthe PIincipal..1f3isLif\u00a7et_'_Judge iarpd Evieinber Motor Accidents Claims\nTribunal, Chiingingigaiar, '  alltuving the claim petition for\nc0.mp6n:s&amp;1\u00a3it5is..;ji1L}-i\u00e9gflc,  \"  \" \n\n This  on for hearing this day, the Cuurt\n\n , '_ de_li$:ere_ti the f0li'6Wi_11;%i:~\n\nJG NT\n\n the Counsel fur the appeilaril and the Cuurisei for the\n\n  rezsgyontients.\n\n2. The appellant was the claimant before the Motor\n\nAccidents Claims Tribunal seeking enhancement ufcompensatiun.\n\n4\n\n\n\nThe appellant was aged about 49 at the time \n\nwith the alleged accident, resulting iri \u00bbinjuries\"'teii2er\"'iight \n\nand she was left with a permanent  tvaathe  \n\nto the arm. And it is on ttiisiitiasts that  sgipemehed at\nMotor Accidents Claims  \u00b0E7sr etirnwnsaiititin. The\nTribunal has awarded   It is this which\n\nis under ehallenge. *_-.\n\n3___ would submit that the\nMedieul hsri been examined in support 91' the\n\nclaim hasiiclearlyiiepihied  there was a large extent of disability\n\n _ \ufb02 tov_\u00bbtlii;e  W--he__reb3,\u00ab the appellant is totally incapable of using.\n\n '  _appellant's avueatiun being that of a euolie, the\n\narid the disability is to a greater extent and therefore,\n\n the  was not justified in not addressing a claim towards\n\n s,;\u00a2::i:1ii'pens:-ztiori under the head of disability. The Tribunal has\n\n .?v'__Eailed to address conventional heads of claim in granting\n\ncompensatiun. The Tribunal has not thought it lit to award any\n\n6\n\n\n\nsum towards loss of amenities or towards the attendant:\u00ab.i_elie1ges\nand other charges, which the_appeI1ant was  \nduring the time of her treatment. The'\"lcss  \nof two months, though allowed,    ii\ncompensation being granted. iTl--ie:iV'appelliant  to\nenhanced compensalicri4\"unde:-:*'    iclaim, which\nthe Tribunal has    the Counsel would\nseek all--rot1n\u00e9_l    V. \n\n __   respondent would point out<\/pre>\n<p>that the   opinion as to the percentage of<\/p>\n<p>disithility is faul.t\u00a7t and is not in aecordamce with the established<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;  this doubtful evidence which has prompted the<\/p>\n<p>i&#8217; i*ihunai&#8217;i&#8211;i&#8217;ltoiihegate the claim towards disability. Though the<\/p>\n<p> Practitioner has assessed the disability to the particular<\/p>\n<p>in ,  at 90%, his further opinion that it would translate to 50%<\/p>\n<p> disability to the whole body, is not supported by any special<\/p>\n<p>reasons. Hence, this would run counter to the established norms<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>that in respect of the upper limb, the whole body <\/p>\n<p>normally translate to about 25% of  6Xl6Hl&#8221;(&#8216;Jf.tii3t-.tl3illl}{ {l&#8217;1t&#8217;,3i&#8221;~<\/p>\n<p>upper limb. In the instant case, tlie  &#8216;being <\/p>\n<p>98%, the disability to the   i229:xi:3;\n<\/p>\n<p>Hence, the inconsistenoy    of any<br \/>\ncompensation insofar  is concerned.\n<\/p>\n<p>Insulin&#8217; as othetlieads   the appellant herself<br \/>\nhad claimed&#8221;  per month and the<br \/>\n  income. This has resulted<br \/>\nin the   a higher sum. Insulin as the pain<\/p>\n<p>andA.sutTering andstnedieal expenses are concerned, the Tribunal<\/p>\n<p>it &#8221; has&#8221; awe:-al,eda just amounts of compensation. The only marginal<\/p>\n<p>    appellant may be entitled is under the head of<\/p>\n<p>loss ofvwneiiitties which would be at the discretion of the Court.<\/p>\n<p>  *T.&#8217;1;;_ afipellant however, has not made out any case for any<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;sitlditional claims either under the head of disability or towards<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;other expenses in the absence of material made available and<\/p>\n<p>therefore the Counsel would submit that the appeal be dismissed.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Tribunal- In the facts and circumstances, the appeflanlcjwxyuld be<\/p>\n<p>entitled to Rs.lS,000\/- allcasl towards loss of W;cc.;:c;\u00a2.;.cc;c   T116<\/p>\n<p>medical expenses and treatment not being dispvqlc\u00e9, i&#8217;iiV&#8217;_\u00a7,v:$&#8217;u}aI aisgi <\/p>\n<p>be possible to award ulhcr cxpcndiltcc,   a  &#8220;V<\/p>\n<p>nalurai consequence of the injuries \u00e9ind&#8221;&#8216;\u00a3rcaLr;i\u00e9n;L _ A jjsutn ci.&#8217;<br \/>\nRs.10,000\/&#8211; [awards misccllaiicgiusu cxpcn\ufb01iluzci including<br \/>\ncon vcyance and ailcndani\ufb01\u00e9&#8217; chaargcs <\/p>\n<p>additicaal .cu:\u00a7p\u00a2rgs;;:im:cni&#8217;cRs.ss,36or- with interest at 5% per<br \/>\nannum frcfr\ufb02hcv  <\/p>\n<p>Sd\/-&#8216;<br \/>\nJudge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karnataka High Court Smt Shantamma vs M T Kumara on 12 August, 2008 Author: Anand Byrareddy I IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE DATED THIS THE 12*&#8217; DAY OF AUGUSI&#8217; _25fd\u00a7.&#8217; . x BEFORE: THE HON&#8217;BLE MR. 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