{"id":250093,"date":"2008-03-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-23T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/oriental-insurance-co-ltd-vs-sri-k-m-kushalappa-so-k-k-madappa-on-24-march-2008"},"modified":"2017-03-27T06:35:37","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T01:05:37","slug":"oriental-insurance-co-ltd-vs-sri-k-m-kushalappa-so-k-k-madappa-on-24-march-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/oriental-insurance-co-ltd-vs-sri-k-m-kushalappa-so-k-k-madappa-on-24-march-2008","title":{"rendered":"Oriental Insurance Co Ltd vs Sri K M Kushalappa S\/O K K Madappa on 24 March, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
Oriental Insurance Co Ltd vs Sri K M Kushalappa S\/O K K Madappa on 24 March, 2008<\/div>\n
Author: B.S.Patil<\/div>\n
-1-\n\nii 'T'iii: i-ii\"\" oe-\"\ufb01r orr  AT \ufb01Ai'I'u1u.u\"' ' * -m\nDATED nus mm 241'! DAY or MARCH 2008,\nnmrom  \" it\n\nme Horrnm IIR.JU8'I'-ICE n.s. pmiftno if '  \n\nQrler-_ta1 Insurance Co: Ltr_L,\n\nChamarajpet, DO-10,\n\nT}.n-611$ its Re\ufb01w G\ufb01ree,\n\nLeo Shopping Complex,'  ~\n\n#44145, Residency Road,' '\n\nBangalore -- 560 025,  .\n\nRep. by its Assistant   I  \n\nSri.K.Jayaram; 0   =:   A '  =   APPELLANT\n\nsn.K.M}'a{uisha'1a\u00a7pg\u00a7.;.   2\nAged about_45 years,f .-- \"\nS] o.K_.K.Madap'pa,V \n\nNo.{li5, 22.2\"'  BSK ii Sac,\n\n *   '*.;,$60 070--.----~--\u00ab =  mnspounnzrrr\n\n   S131\"?! Adv.)\n\n   is \ufb01led 11\/s 173(1) of the Motor Vehicles Act<\/a>\n\nV, against the Judgment and Award dated 10.11.2005 passed in\n MVC M1400\/2003 on the \ufb01le of the IX Addl. Judge s--.\n= d * Mefaber, M.A.(,'.'!'-'.7, Ct_n_Lrt of Small Causes, Bangalore (SCCH\n\n\" _ =.N'o..'.7.)', awarding compensation of Rs. 1,639,000] - with interest at\n\nthe rate of 6% pa. %m the date of  *\"...\u00a3L r\u00b0...._um\u00b0\"'\u00b0\u00b0**..Ln.\n\nThis Appeai coming on for orders.  day, the Court\ndelivered the following:\n\n\n\n... 2 ...\n1. This appeal is \ufb02ied by the insurance \ufb01fffpany\nchallenging the judgment and award dated 10. \n\nin MVC No. 1400\/ 2003 by the MAC'l'.. Bangatoreg \n\n2. On 13.09.2002 when the  wee_at;tmng:    to \n\nVan be..rL!I.g 11.3gLE.|t.11l.tL0I_1 Item-o5  theta \n\nnuugeuore on '.{an%p\"..r-a    \n\noccurred when a JeepbeaIing'*'rr\u20ac\u00a7\"ietr=3t'don\u00e9' 2 'M39\ndashed against the  ' thi  Jlfeittejt to the impact. the\nSection 16f<\/a>.'of'tht;Mptor\ufb01_\u00a7(ehicles Qttet  \ufb01led by the elatm t\n  eccideht occurred due to the rash\nand negligent.  jeegzt by its driver. The owner of the\n\n..ep B_!|.___   jeep were made party-respondents.<\/pre>\n
La<\/p>\n
  hi1′.n.eelt’ as PM}: 1. Exa._P1_ to P22 were<\/p>\n
rm….\u00a3
\nI115.’-\n<\/p>\n
.:’_<\/p>\n
. pmduoed  marked.\n<\/p>\n
H “sf  }h{‘eteeee’tvas framed before the Tribunal regarding the<\/p>\n
j  heghgence on the part of the driver of the Jeep.<\/p>\n
 .. Though complaint was lodged by the driver of the Jeep alleging<\/p>\n
l’–t1.egll_ger;ce on the part of the claimant himself. the Tribunal by<\/p>\n
V’ ” “misc nstruing the me-.te-L._l .9. record, partict\ufb02arly, the purport<\/p>\n
as the evidence of the claiman’ t remain’ ed, based on the
\ncomplaint and the FIR, the negligence on the part ofthe Jeep<\/p>\n
driver was found proved.\n<\/p>\n
4. Learned counsel appearing for the <\/p>\n
——-l———J<\/p>\n
–‘D<\/p>\n
C mnnnv drawi 0 m, a.te1_1.1icn of to  Q 7. <\/p>\n
. 1. .-+ +i…+ 41…, -1~..m..gg…1
\nthat the documents namely
\nregistered established ‘outta; part of the
\ndriver of the Jeep.  the complaint was
\nin fact \ufb01led  the-_~  alleging negligence
\non the     the Maruti Van.\n<\/p>\n
Thexefcrenthel  in misconstruing this
\npieceV\\ot.’  what is required to be noticed in<\/p>\n
ngn<\/p>\n
been   is 111 T<\/p>\n
l  evidence in the’ fbrm of complaint  by the<\/p>\n
    the evidence of the cla1man’ t namely the driver<\/p>\n
 Van. The accident has taken place in a place<\/p>\n
 * there was a curve near Udipalya and both vehicles<\/p>\n
‘ hicoilided While taking turn. In the absence of any evidence<\/p>\n
adduced by the claimant showing that the accident occurred<\/p>\n
a mecca. cf the m-\u00ab”0-en we<\/p>\n
‘:3<\/p>\n
=>
\n3<\/span><\/p>\n
the Jeep, the “i’r-ihnnal was rrt j”suueu in holding *…a. t..e
\nJeep driver alone caused the accident. if the accii\ufb01nt was<\/p>\n
caused due to the gross negligence on the part  ‘Jeep<\/p>\n
driver alone, nothing’ prevented the claimzm  tt  A an<\/p>\n
complaint at an earliest point of  . <\/p>\n
suggests that both the driver of Jeep  it<\/p>\n
MarI_.i Van {the claimant    “;equa;il%*,k’<\/p>\n
re-pa’-sihle \ufb01n’ the e..cefL.en..Ap_..!!’\u00a7’th;atppvLew”ef,_t1;e\u00a7matter, the<\/p>\n
actionable negiigenceitdeser\ufb01ves’  be;  With. Uwn<\/p>\n
 it-;r_1.ce__ooj.;  I am of the view’ that<\/p>\n
both._the     theidriver of the Marathi Van<\/p>\n
are ekgna\ufb02y  -\u00bb 50) in causing the accident. The
\n ‘therefore ot’A’ihe”—appe\ufb02ant-Insmance Company has to<\/p>\n
bf}. \u00a7Iestr’icted”‘to 50% ‘-of the amount of compensation awarded
\n~1:I_.r:IJu’5  “-the ace- ..1..d interest,<\/p>\n
 r    above modi\ufb01cation of the impugned judgment<\/p>\n
  this appeal is partly allowed. The statutory<\/p>\n
 ~ amount deposited before this Court shall be transferred to the<\/p>\n
  lriizrunal.\n<\/p>\n
\\\ufb01<\/p>\n
PKS<\/p>\n
Sd_,\/ –\n<\/p>\n
Judge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court Oriental Insurance Co Ltd vs Sri K M Kushalappa S\/O K K Madappa on 24 March, 2008 Author: B.S.Patil -1- ii ‘T’iii: i-ii”” oe-“\ufb01r orr AT \ufb01Ai’I’u1u.u”‘ ‘ * -m DATED nus mm 241′! DAY or MARCH 2008, nmrom ” it me Horrnm IIR.JU8’I’-ICE n.s. pmiftno if ‘ Qrler-_ta1 Insurance Co: Ltr_L, […]<\/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-250093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-karnataka-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nOriental Insurance Co Ltd vs Sri K M Kushalappa S\/O K K Madappa on 24 March, 2008 - 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\/oriental-insurance-co-ltd-vs-sri-k-m-kushalappa-so-k-k-madappa-on-24-march-2008\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Oriental Insurance Co Ltd vs Sri K M Kushalappa S\/O K K Madappa on 24 March, 2008 - 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