{"id":252221,"date":"2009-09-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-06T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-executive-engineer-elecl-vs-kempamma-on-7-september-2009"},"modified":"2015-05-12T21:34:36","modified_gmt":"2015-05-12T16:04:36","slug":"the-executive-engineer-elecl-vs-kempamma-on-7-september-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-executive-engineer-elecl-vs-kempamma-on-7-september-2009","title":{"rendered":"The Executive Engineer (Elecl) vs Kempamma on 7 September, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
The Executive Engineer (Elecl) vs Kempamma on 7 September, 2009<\/div>\n
Author: S.Abdul Nazeer<\/div>\n
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALOI?i3\"\u00bbR.\n\nDATED THIS THE 7\"' DAY 01\u00bb? SEPTEMBER 2039.'   ' \n\nBEFORE\n\nTHE HON'BLE MRJUSTICE s. 433%\/'YrL::,Nf1>ZEE1j? \"   'V  R: J T\n\nREGULAR FIRST APREALAz0.1093\/2307 (R135;  1  u\n\nBetween:\n\n(O&MI)ivis4i:3t1)_, V _ _   .\nKarnaiaka PoW?\u00a7.7I\"ran\u00e9c\u00ab.mi\u00e9?Si6n 4'   \nCorporatioxzLirfxi_t.e':\u00a3,\"    ~\nMandya 9-\".VS7-:'1R4'01.  '  4,  V'\n\n2 The':Chai1'mah';    ..\nKPTCL, Cauvery'  ~ \u00ab. \nKempego\u00e9wda Ribadj. \" _ \nBangalore'? 5V60.0\u00a3)9.\". \"\n\n   Secretary, ...... ..\n\n' . VKPTCL.,Cai'1\u00abvery Bhavan,\n'   _Kem1\u00a7cgowuda.R.oad,\n2 Bangai015e..~Y\u00a760 009.  Appellants.\n\n * 'R  Sri B. Rl\ufb01ragowda, Adv.)\n\n\n\n,1 UDGMEN T\n\nThough this appeal is posted for admission, by consent_:_of'  \n\nthe learned Counsel for the parties, it is taken up for. .fin_'avI_vhea:rin_g, i\n\nheard and disposed of by this judgment. 1\n\n2. The first respondent is theiiiiiplsailltiff. The A_appieIIants are<\/pre>\n
defendant Nos.l to 3 and second “defendant No.4 in
\nthe suit. For the sake of convenience,itheipairties’are ‘referred to by
\ntheir respective  before the’  <\/p>\n
3. :’7i_’he._ piaintiff-.. aforesaid suit for award of<\/p>\n
compensation “on accountiof deiath of her son Boregowda. It is the<\/p>\n
_ case of the p1.aintiff.’that: her son Boregowda was doing agriculture.<\/p>\n
i7.It :1’s*fty1i’ther contended that the joint family of Boregowda was<\/p>\n
owi;jng9.__s1 ‘iin’iii9y.No.79\/2, 8 guntas in Sy.No.79\/4 and 33<\/p>\n
V V guntas in Siy’-..:I\\.Io;7i9\/11 situated at S.I.Kodiha11i. The said lands are<\/p>\n
“i.’AuadJiace;1t4_to the lands of one Bullaiah. Buiiaiah had raised paddy<\/p>\n
 lands and the Boregowda had raised sugarcane crop in<\/p>\n
5<\/span>
\nE
\n233%<\/p>\n
“The suit of the plaintiff is hereby decreed with” <\/p>\n
COSIS.\n<\/p>\n
The plaintiff is entitled for a Mcornpen_=satioii\u00abiiof <\/p>\n
Rs.5,91,000\/–. Out of which, the plaintiffisentitledpfor\u00e9i –  f<\/p>\n
half share along with 4″‘ defendant. i4’l’he”de.fenda1i.;ts:l \u00b0<\/p>\n
to 3 are jointly and several.ly._liable” to
\ncompensation amount within <\/p>\n
the amount will carry iateiest 4?)  date of<\/p>\n
realisation.”\n<\/p>\n
5. Sri Rudr’a.go’5y_d_a,  Cioainsel appearing for the
\nappellants w’oucldihatVth’e appelian\u00e9ts do not dispute the
\ncause for thvegacicyident  vtothe death of Boregowda and their<\/p>\n
liability to pay the compcnsatioirl His only submission is that the<\/p>\n
:.\u00ab-‘co.mpens_atio;niV awarded”b–y~–\u00ab’the court below is excessive and<\/p>\n
exorbita;at._  i,argned that the deceased was doing agriculture<\/p>\n
  duriagie  relevianttciipoint of time. The accident took place on<\/p>\n
  plaintiff has not produced any material evidencing<\/p>\n
  of the deceased at the time of accident. Therefore, the<\/p>\n
 coixrtiiiaelow could have taken at best his income at Rs.lOO\/– per<\/p>\n
it<\/p>\n
r.\n<\/p>\n
\n
day. The Court below should have followed the method adopte’ds._V_<\/p>\n
while awarding Compensation under the Motor Vehicles  ‘  ;. ‘<\/p>\n
said method is applied, the compensation payable !;rideri:tl3e”‘h,ead<\/p>\n
‘loss of dependency’ comes to Rs.3,84,(l{l0\/–::’tald’n\u00a7intoVlaclcount  ‘A<\/p>\n
the multiplier at 16 since the deceased was aged about\n<\/p>\n
6. On the other hand, learned=.Co11nseE appearing for the<\/p>\n
respondents have sought to “j’a.stify_.”hthe”impugned judgment and
\ndecree. Learned Counsel for the ‘plainti’1;ffrespohd,ent’No.1 submits<\/p>\n
that the first respon~deiiatVp:E~eing:=the rnoth’er:of:_the_deceased is entitled<\/p>\n
for 50% oifthe the “other hand, learned Counsel<\/p>\n
for the second”respond’ent that the second respondent was<\/p>\n
._aged a.b\u00a7out “27 yea’r’s–..at_ the time of the death of her husband.<\/p>\n
“_”i’heref0_re, ..she,1s.,e”nti_tled for atleast 75% of the compensation.<\/p>\n
   the learned Counsel for the parties, the<\/p>\n
 question for’ -consideration in this appeal is whether the<\/p>\n
C   ,”‘compensatio–n awarded by the court below is excessive?<\/p>\n
l
\nll:\n<\/p>\n
Y.\n<\/p>\n
\n
8. There is no dispute as to the occurrence of the\u00a7i_:accid_e’n.t_f  _<\/p>\n
and the liability of the appellants to pay theycompensati’o11-it is”als0_<\/p>\n
not in dispute that the deceased Boregow’da,*i was   <\/p>\n
years at the time of the accideni;_’v’Adn2ittediy,
\nagriculture. The respondents herein  mother’  who
\nwere depending on him for  have been
\nproduced by the firstresporidetlthinicome of the
\ndeceased during\u00ab–tEie.4_re:iey’ant  V”l’heiiideceased was an
\nagriculturists. ,_it   take his income as
\nRs.l00\/– per   and reasonable to award<\/p>\n
compensation’ accoiidaiicetyiith the method adopted while<\/p>\n
-v.aWardiiig. cvornpensationvnnder the Motor Vehicles Act<\/a>. Since the<\/p>\n
ideceased v.zas’.ageyd”33 years at the time of his death, it is proper to<\/p>\n
adoptthe properipittinltiplier 16. 1\/3″‘ of his income has to be<\/p>\n
 ‘ deducted .to”wjardis his persona} expenses. Therefore, applying 16<\/p>\n
  multiplier and taking his income at RS100\/– per day, and after<\/p>\n
 ___”‘dedacting 1\/3″‘ of the income towards his personal expenses, the<\/p>\n
it<\/p>\n
10<\/span><\/p>\n
appellants on 28.8.2007 pursuant to an interim order passed in this<\/p>\n
appeal. The appellants are directed to deposit balance of the<\/p>\n
amount before the trial court within a period of eight weeksTtronj’.s…<\/p>\n
the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. The couiitibelow <\/p>\n
directed to apportion the award amountfn’ the’ ratio;oif”l30;70:l\u00ab’ <\/p>\n
between the mother and the wife of the dec\ufb01\ufb01sdilil I f11l\ufb01l’1e1*\u00bb.di~relU[\u00a2l’l’.. V’<\/p>\n
that 50% of the amount awarded to eac’h:o”f the respondents shallllhe
\nkept in a Fixed Deposit in a nationalised  a period of three
\nyears and the balance of the aniountv ‘sh’a11’…l;5etijvsbilrsed to the<\/p>\n
respondents herein, The ‘:1<espo_nden.ts' are i'eii_tit1Ved:fto draw interest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court The Executive Engineer (Elecl) vs Kempamma on 7 September, 2009 Author: S.Abdul Nazeer IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALOI?i3″\u00bbR. DATED THIS THE 7″‘ DAY 01\u00bb? SEPTEMBER 2039.’ ‘ BEFORE THE HON’BLE MRJUSTICE s. 433%\/’YrL::,Nf1>ZEE1j? ” ‘V R: J T REGULAR FIRST APREALAz0.1093\/2307 (R135; 1 u Between: (O&MI)ivis4i:3t1)_, V _ _ […]<\/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-252221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-karnataka-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Executive Engineer (Elecl) vs Kempamma on 7 September, 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-executive-engineer-elecl-vs-kempamma-on-7-september-2009\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Executive Engineer (Elecl) vs Kempamma on 7 September, 2009 - 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