{"id":199888,"date":"2010-03-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-16T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sunil-kumar-vs-ganga-pradeep-on-17-march-2010"},"modified":"2015-01-28T16:26:12","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T10:56:12","slug":"sunil-kumar-vs-ganga-pradeep-on-17-march-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sunil-kumar-vs-ganga-pradeep-on-17-march-2010","title":{"rendered":"Sunil Kumar vs Ganga Pradeep on 17 March, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
Sunil Kumar vs Ganga Pradeep on 17 March, 2010<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nMACA.No. 532 of 2006()\n\n\n1. SUNIL KUMAR, S\/O.RAVI,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. GANGA PRADEEP, W\/O.N.S.PRADEEP,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. RAJEEV, S\/O.VIKRAMAN THAMPI,\n\n3. THE ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.NAGARAJ NARAYANAN\n\n                For Respondent  :SMT.A.SREEKALA\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice A.K.BASHEER\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice P.Q.BARKATH ALI\n\n Dated :17\/03\/2010\n\n O R D E R\n           A.K.BASHEER & P.Q. BARKATH ALI, JJ.\n               =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=\n                     M.A.C.A. No. 532 of 2006\n               =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=\n              Dated this the 17th day of March, 2010\n\n                           JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n
Barkath Ali, J:\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
      In this appeal under section 173 of the Motor<\/p>\n
Vehicles Act claimant in O.P.(MV) No.1458 of 2000 of the<\/p>\n
Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Thiruvananthapuram<\/p>\n
challenges the award of the Tribunal dated January 10,<\/p>\n
2005 awarding a compensation of Rs.43,400\/- for the loss<\/p>\n
caused to the claimant, on account of the injury sustained<\/p>\n
by him in a motor accident.\n<\/p>\n
      2. The facts leading to this appeal in brief are these:-<\/p>\n
      The claimant was aged 19 at the time of the accident.<\/p>\n
According to the claimant, as an auto-rickshaw driver, he<\/p>\n
used to earn Rs.4,000\/- per month. On April 28, 2000 at<\/p>\n
about 7.20 a.m. the claimant was driving an auto-rickshaw<\/p>\n
bearing registration No.KL 01 E 9978 along Palayam-Statue<\/p>\n
MACA 532\/06                  2<\/span><\/p>\n
public road. When he reached in front of Marakkar Motors<\/p>\n
Petrol Pump, near statue, a private bus bearing registration<\/p>\n
No.KL-01 D 1597, driven by the second respondent, came at<\/p>\n
a high speed from the opposite direction and dashed against<\/p>\n
the auto-rickshaw. The claimant sustained serious injuries.<\/p>\n
According to the claimant, the accident occurred due to a<\/p>\n
rash and negligent driving of the offending vehicle by the<\/p>\n
second respondent. The first respondent as the driver,<\/p>\n
second respondent as the owner and third respondent as the<\/p>\n
insurer of the offending bus are jointly and severely liable to<\/p>\n
pay the compensation to the claimant. The claimant claimed<\/p>\n
a compensation of Rs.2 lakhs.\n<\/p>\n
        3. Respondents 1 and 2, owner and driver of the<\/p>\n
offending bus, remained absent and were set ex parte by the<\/p>\n
Tribunal. The third respondent Insurance Company field a<\/p>\n
written statement, admitting the policy and further<\/p>\n
contending that the accident occurred due to the negligence<\/p>\n
of the claimant.\n<\/p>\n
      4. Doctor, who issued the disability certificate<\/p>\n
Ext.A12, was examined as PW1 and Exts. A1 to 16 were<\/p>\n
marked on the side of the claimant. The case records of the<\/p>\n
claimant was marked as Ext.X!. No evidence was adduced<\/p>\n
MACA 532\/06                   3<\/span><\/p>\n
by the contesting third respondent. The Tribunal, on an<\/p>\n
appreciation of the evidence, assessed the compensation at<\/p>\n
Rs.62,000\/-, but on finding that there was 30% of the<\/p>\n
contributory negligence on the part of the claimant, reduced<\/p>\n
it to Rs.43,400\/-. The claimant has now come up in appeal<\/p>\n
challenging the said finding of the Tribunal and also seeking<\/p>\n
enhancement of the compensation.\n<\/p>\n
      5. Heard the learned counsel for the appellant and<\/p>\n
learned counsel for the third respondent, Insurance<\/p>\n
Company.\n<\/p>\n
      6. The accident is not disputed. The learned counsel<\/p>\n
for the claimant has argued that the finding of the Tribunal<\/p>\n
that the accident occurred due to the negligence on the part<\/p>\n
of the claimant is without any basis, as no evidence was<\/p>\n
adduced on the side of the third respondent Insurance<\/p>\n
Company. The learned counsel has also sought enhancement<\/p>\n
of the compensation awarded for the disability caused, for<\/p>\n
the pain and suffering endured by the claimant and for the<\/p>\n
loss of amenities and enjoyment in life.\n<\/p>\n
      7. The following points arise for consideration in this<\/p>\n
appeal :-\n<\/p>\n
      1) Whether the finding of the Tribunal that there<\/p>\n
MACA 532\/06                   4<\/span><\/p>\n
          was contributory negligence on the part of
\n          the claimant and thereby reducing the
\n          compensation awarded can be sustained?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
      2) Whether the claimant is entitled to any
\n          enhanced compensation?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
      8. On going through the award of the Tribunal, we are<\/p>\n
of the view that the Tribunal went wrong in finding that<\/p>\n
there was contributory negligence on the part of the<\/p>\n
claimant. The Tribunal entered such a finding on the basis of<\/p>\n
Ext.A2 copy of the scene mahazar, which shows that the<\/p>\n
scene of incident is about the middle of the tar road. It is an<\/p>\n
admitted fact and proved by Ext.A6 copy of final report<\/p>\n
submitted by the police after investigation that the case was<\/p>\n
charged against the second respondent, driver of the<\/p>\n
offending bus, which prima facie shows that the accident<\/p>\n
occurred due to the negligence on the part of the second<\/p>\n
respondent, driver of the bus. The second respondent has<\/p>\n
not chosen to come forward to swear that there was also<\/p>\n
negligence on the part of the claimant. No evidence was<\/p>\n
adduced on the side of third respondent Insurance<\/p>\n
Company.    Insurance Company could have examined the<\/p>\n
second respondent, the driver of the bus, as a witness to<\/p>\n
show that there was also negligence on the part of the<\/p>\n
MACA 532\/06                     5<\/span><\/p>\n
driver of the auto-rickshaw. Therefore, the Tribunal is not<\/p>\n
justified in finding that there was contributory negligence on<\/p>\n
the part of the claimant. That being so, the said finding is<\/p>\n
set aside and we hold that the claimant is entitled to the<\/p>\n
entire compensation assessed by the Tribunal.<\/p>\n
       9. The next question for consideration is whether the<\/p>\n
claimant is entitled to any enhanced compensation.<\/p>\n
       10. The Tribunal assessed a total compensation of<\/p>\n
Rs.62,000\/-. The break up of the compensation assessed is<\/p>\n
as under:-\n<\/p>\n
       Loss of earning                   :    Rs.8,000\/-\n       Medical expenses                  :    Rs.4,200\/-\n       Transport to hospital             :    Rs.2,000\/-\n       Damage to clothing                :    Rs.250\/-\n       Bystander expenses                :    Rs.2,000\/-\n       Extra nourishment                 :    Rs.500\/-\n       Pain and suffering                :    Rs.15,000\/-\n       Permanent disability              :    Rs.23,040\/-\n       Loss of amenities                 :    Rs.7,000\/-\n       and enjoyment in life.\n                                              -------------------\n           Total                         :    Rs.61,990\/-\n           Rounded to                    :    Rs.62,000\/-\n                                         ==========\n\n<\/pre>\n
       11. The learned counsel for the appellant has mainly<\/p>\n
sought enhancement of compensation for disability caused,<\/p>\n
for pain and suffering and for loss of amenities and<\/p>\n
enjoyment in life.\n<\/p>\n
MACA 532\/06                     6<\/span><\/p>\n
       12. The claimant sustained malunited fracture of the<\/p>\n
shaft of right femur with excess callus. Ext.A4 is the copy of<\/p>\n
the wound certificate. Ext.A8 is the copy of the referral card,<\/p>\n
which shows that the claimant was treated by open<\/p>\n
reduction and internal fixation with K nail and below knee<\/p>\n
cast was also given. Ext.A12 certificate of disability issued<\/p>\n
by PW1 doctor shows that the claimant has now permanent<\/p>\n
disability of 8%. In Ext.A12 it is stated that the petitioner<\/p>\n
has a malunited fracture of the shaft of right femur with<\/p>\n
excess callus and that he has the following disabilities:-<\/p>\n
      1) Persistent tenderness over the fracture site.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
      2) = inch shortening of the right lower limb.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
      3) 5 c.m. quadriceps wasting of the right thigh.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
      4) He had painful limitation of terminal degrees
\n           of the flexion of the right knee.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
      13. The claimant was an auto-rickshaw driver and<\/p>\n
used to earn Rs.4,000\/- per month, according to him. The<\/p>\n
Tribunal took his monthly income as Rs.2,000\/- and assessed<\/p>\n
his disability at 6% and adopted a multiplier of 16 and<\/p>\n
assessed Rs.23,040\/- for the disability caused. As an auto-<\/p>\n
rickshaw driver, we feel that the monthly income of the<\/p>\n
claimant can be reasonably fixed at Rs.2,500\/-. PW1 doctor<\/p>\n
MACA 532\/06                    7<\/span><\/p>\n
was examined and Ext.A12 disability certificate was proved.<\/p>\n
Hence, we feel that the percentage of disability assessed by<\/p>\n
PW1 at 8% has to be accepted. Thus, for the disability<\/p>\n
caused, the claimant is entitled to Rs.38,400\/- (Rs.2,500 x 12<\/p>\n
x 16 x 8\/100).\n<\/p>\n
       14. For pain and suffering       and for the loss of<\/p>\n
amenities and enjoyment in life, a compensation Rs.15,000\/-<\/p>\n
and Rs.7,000\/- respectively was assessed by the Tribunal,<\/p>\n
which appears to be very low. Taking into consideration the<\/p>\n
nature of injuries sustained and the period of treatment the<\/p>\n
claimant has undergone, we feel that a compensation of<\/p>\n
Rs.20,000\/- for pain and suffering and Rs.10,000\/- for loss of<\/p>\n
amenities and enjoyment in life would be reasonable.<\/p>\n
       15. For loss of earning Rs.8,000\/- was assessed by the<\/p>\n
Tribunal i.e., for four months at the rate of Rs.2,000\/-. We<\/p>\n
have fixed the monthly income of the claimant as Rs.2,500\/-.<\/p>\n
Therefore, on this count the claimant is entitled to a<\/p>\n
compensation of Rs.10,000\/-.\n<\/p>\n
       16. In the result, the claimant is entitled to an<\/p>\n
additional compensation of Rs.43,960\/- (Rs.18,600 +25360).<\/p>\n
He is entitled to interest @ 9% p.a. from the date of petition<\/p>\n
till realization and proportionate cost. The third respondent<\/p>\n
MACA 532\/06                    8<\/span><\/p>\n
being the insurer of the offending vehicle, shall deposit the<\/p>\n
amount before the Tribunal within two months from the date<\/p>\n
of receipt of a copy of this judgment. The award of the<\/p>\n
Tribunal is modified to that effect.\n<\/p>\n
     The appeal is disposed of as found above.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
                                       A.K.BASHEER,
\n                                       JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n
                                       P.Q. BARKATH ALI,
\n                                       JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n
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Kerala High Court Sunil Kumar vs Ganga Pradeep on 17 March, 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM MACA.No. 532 of 2006() 1. SUNIL KUMAR, S\/O.RAVI, … Petitioner Vs 1. GANGA PRADEEP, W\/O.N.S.PRADEEP, … Respondent 2. RAJEEV, S\/O.VIKRAMAN THAMPI, 3. THE ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED, For Petitioner :SRI.NAGARAJ NARAYANAN For Respondent :SMT.A.SREEKALA 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":[8,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-kerala-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nSunil Kumar vs Ganga Pradeep on 17 March, 2010 - 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\/sunil-kumar-vs-ganga-pradeep-on-17-march-2010\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sunil Kumar vs Ganga Pradeep on 17 March, 2010 - 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