{"id":242225,"date":"2010-01-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-18T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/gadigeppagouda-vs-rajappa-on-19-january-2010"},"modified":"2014-05-30T21:42:25","modified_gmt":"2014-05-30T16:12:25","slug":"gadigeppagouda-vs-rajappa-on-19-january-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/gadigeppagouda-vs-rajappa-on-19-january-2010","title":{"rendered":"Gadigeppagouda vs Rajappa on 19 January, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Gadigeppagouda vs Rajappa 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 E\n\nDATED THIS THE 19th DAY OF JANUARY';'2VQ;'ib5'..:\\ \n\nBEFORE\n\nTHE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICT: N\/.'::JAGAN'?\u00a7}\u00a7T\u00a3\u00a3\u00a7NVVA_ \n\nM.F.A.No.'7142\/2CQ\u00a33*.(_1\\\/IV)'.:v_~_.A  H =\n\nBETWEEN :\n\nGADIGEPPAGOUDA   _ \nS \/0 SATANAGOUDA PATIIL;@ L:ARIMA--:uf:, %\n\nAGE:28 YEARS,    \"\nOCC:BUSINESS, V   T\n\nR\/0 BAIC}-IAWAL.LI,._  '    \nHANGALTALUK,    1'  \n\nHAVERI  '       APPELLANT\n\n(By Sri.Raj'en'C\u00a7r;g.\u00a7 \u00a7'L3A11k'H1}{0'ti; Ad'v.')'\u00a7\nAND I 1 V  E _ \n1. SRI RAJAPPA. ,S'H1v2\u00a7Pi;TRARRA BIDARGADDI\n\n\" ;\u00a7TGE;MAJOR_A,_ V\n- ,_oC,C;BUSINESS;'*\"'\n\n v. 3 OWNER OF MAXI CAB\n\n S 1'-;'O'.'-KA .2'7.,_\/4344,\n._ '*'___R\/G A_D__UR'DISTRICT,\nA _ HAv_2;RI;__ \n\nUNITED INDIA INSURANCE C0,, LTD,\n.,  BRANCH OPP: TO BUS\n\" V \"STAND I-IAVERI, VALID FROM\nV 22. 1 1.2000 TO 21.11.2001,\nREPRESENTED BY ITS\nBRANCH MANAGER.  RESPONDENTS<\/pre>\n<p>(By Sri.A.M.Venkatesh, Adv. for R2)<\/p>\n<p>This appeal is \ufb01led under Section 173 (1) of Isl&#8217;:\/.\u00bb Act<br \/>\nagainst the judgment and award dated 16.05.2005 pas-sed, in<br \/>\nMVC No.29\/2002 on the \ufb01le of the learned Civil Judge,(iS\u00abr_&#8217;.\ufb01Dn..)<\/p>\n<p>and JMFC, Hangal, partly allowing the claim_.\u00a7i_petit_1&#8217;on__&#8221; 1&#8243;-arm<\/p>\n<p>compensation and seeking enhancement of compe~nsait&#8217;ion1 0<\/p>\n<p>This appeal coming on for hea&#8217;r&#8217;ing,\u00ab ithis &#8216;.thieVc&#8217;ouirt<br \/>\ndelivered the following: 2   Y X   ..\n<\/p>\n<p>JUDGMENT:.\n<\/p>\n<p>Heard the learned counsel_&#8217;i:i&#8217;for the appelilantiiand also<\/p>\n<p>learned counsel for the 20&#8243;-&#8220;ill._rf;gpo_ndVen.t\u00a5&#8217;I.nsurance Company.\n<\/p>\n<p>2. This appeal&#8211;i;s&#8217;&#8212;by the _cliaiInanit&#8217;_*seek&#8217;i:ng enhancement of<br \/>\ncompensa\ufb01on. thfe&#8221;&#8211;groun.d th&#8217;at'&#8221;ithe MACT erred in not<\/p>\n<p>awardingi&#8221;&#8216;-adequate  under the head of medical<\/p>\n<p>expenses  to:ya1:d\u00a7;;1oss of amenities of life although the<\/p>\n<p>.-&#8216;v.appel_&#8217;i&#8221;eir1t: had suiferesc1___45% limb disability as per the medical<\/p>\n<p>iii-.\u00a73V&#8217;i(i:iC&#8217;1&#8243;l.C\u20ac \u00bbandi&#8217;ha&#8217;vi.r1g suffered 8 injuries out of which injuries 3<\/p>\n<p>to  are   nature. The MACT ought to have awarded<\/p>\n<p>jcompensatiyonii adequately under the above heads and further<\/p>\n<p> :subi&#8217;riission made is that though Insurance Policy was<\/p>\n<p> and also was in force MACT had put the liability on<\/p>\n<p> owner of the vehicle but not on the Insurance Company<\/p>\n<p>and hence the said error also requires to be rectified and<\/p>\n<p>liability be put on the Insurance Company.<\/p>\n<p>3. Learned counsel for the respondent~Insurance_<\/p>\n<p>argued that while the policy is admitted and   <\/p>\n<p>force as on the date of the accident, themliability be   the<\/p>\n<p>Insurance Company. However, as V&#8217;f.ar&#8217;;as the.<\/p>\n<p>compensation is concerned, subfni,ssion&#8217;..made~_. is; that the&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Tribunal did not accept: the medieal llbills prod-uced by the<br \/>\nappellant because the bills didl&#8217;co&#8211;ny.ii1ce&#8211;.the Tribunal as<br \/>\nhaving not weighed&#8217;in_   tofgthe bills the names<br \/>\nof different personsiiways&#8217;fou.n;d.._an&#8211;d thesaid names was struck<br \/>\noff and the &#8216;apl1&#8217;ellaTl1&#8217;ti,lSli r1ame&#8221;&#8212;was written and as such MACT<\/p>\n<p>was justi\ufb01ed, &#8220;in  l Rs.10,000\/&#8211; towards medical<\/p>\n<p> expenses. &#8216;As far aspdisability is concerned, submission is that<\/p>\n<p> &#8216;dopctor viexairnined before the Tribunal did not speak about<\/p>\n<p>any .sabil __  &#8216; &#8216; <\/p>\n<p>-,4. Tal&lt;:ing&quot;&#039;into account the above submission, as far as<\/p>\n<p>liiiabiliity is\ufb02concerned in View of the policy being said to be in<\/p>\n<p>I_t;\u00a3oi+.~.pVe&quot;a\u00e9 on the date of the accident, the liability will fall on the<\/p>\n<p>)5<\/p>\n<p>Insurance Company and to the said extend the order of the<\/p>\n<p>Tribunal requires to be modi\ufb01ed. As far as the quantum of<\/p>\n<p>compensation is concerned, having examined the on.&#039;<\/p>\n<p>record by the Tribunal, I am of the View that theVicomp::_e&#039;nsatior:_p <\/p>\n<p>does not require any enhancement uncle&quot;: the: heads ._loss of<\/p>\n<p>income, pain and suffering and mediCal&quot;&#8211;eXpensesf &quot; Howetverl,&#039;-..g<\/p>\n<p>towards loss of amenities of life, in View of the inreclical eyidence<\/p>\n<p>indicating shortening of &#039;the right&#039;  cm and<br \/>\nwasting of calf mussals by _thigh.rr1&#039;ussals by 4 cms<br \/>\nand the appellantdiaviril\u00e9  out of which<\/p>\n<p>injuries 3 to  pn&#039;ature.V.taking all these factors<br \/>\ninto account iAan}&#039;rl_.r   fracture of the upper 1\/ 3rd of<br \/>\nright \ufb01bula pp and  shaft of right tibia and the<\/p>\n<p>disability percentage hvmentiioned by the doctor, towards loss of<\/p>\n<p>&#039; &#039;amerii&#8211;tiles3..I?s.&#039;&#039;15,000 V-&quot;iimiore is awarded.<\/p>\n<p> if  therefore allowed by enhancing the<\/p>\n<p>  compensation&#039; Rs.l5,000\/&#8211; which shall carry interest at 6%<\/p>\n<p> Tlie.li&#039;ability is on the Insurance Company to satisfy the<\/p>\n<p>if   amount as also the enhanced amount and the liability<\/p>\n<p>E?\n<\/p>\n<p>I<\/p>\n<p>put on the owner is set aside. The award is accordingly<\/p>\n<p>modi\ufb01ed by allowing the appeai in part.\n<\/p>\n<p>Jrn\/&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karnataka High Court Gadigeppagouda vs Rajappa on 19 January, 2010 Author: V.Jagannathan IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA CIRCUIT BENCH AT DHARWAD E DATED THIS THE 19th DAY OF JANUARY&#8217;;&#8217;2VQ;&#8217;ib5&#8242;..:\\ BEFORE THE HON&#8217;BLE MR. 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