{"id":73327,"date":"2008-11-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-11T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/umesh-vs-united-india-insurance-co-ltd-on-12-november-2008"},"modified":"2016-03-19T03:19:33","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T21:49:33","slug":"umesh-vs-united-india-insurance-co-ltd-on-12-november-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/umesh-vs-united-india-insurance-co-ltd-on-12-november-2008","title":{"rendered":"Umesh vs United India Insurance Co. Ltd on 12 November, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Umesh vs United India Insurance Co. Ltd on 12 November, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nMACA.No. 872 of 2008()\n\n\n1. UMESH, AGED 14 YEARS, MINOR APPELLANT\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO. LTD,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.P.SAMSUDIN\n\n                For Respondent  :SMT.K.C.BEENA\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice M.N.KRISHNAN\n\n Dated :12\/11\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n                             M.N.KRISHNAN, J\n                         =====================\n                           MACA No.872 OF 2008\n                         =====================\n\n                Dated this the 12th day of November 2008\n\n                                JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n<p>      This appeal is preferred against the award of the Motor Accidents<\/p>\n<p>Claims Tribunal, Tirur in O.P.(MV)No.292 of 2005. The claimant, a 11<\/p>\n<p>year old boy sustained injuries in a road accident. A perusal of the medical<\/p>\n<p>records would reveal that he was treated in Haji Orphanage Hospital for<\/p>\n<p>contusion on the left knee and contusion on the head. He was admitted in<\/p>\n<p>the hospital on 1.4.2000 and discharged on 2.4.2000. The Tribunal awarded<\/p>\n<p>a global amount of Rs.7,000\/- as compensation. The claimant has produced<\/p>\n<p>a disability certificate of 1% which was issued by the Medical Board fixing<\/p>\n<p>the disability at 1%. Exts.A7 and A8 also relate to some complaints of<\/p>\n<p>epilepsy.    When 1% is the disability and as the boy was only a minor,<\/p>\n<p>applying the notional income of Rs.15,000\/-, which when multiplied with<\/p>\n<p>15 the compensation would be Rs.2,750\/-. For the agony undergone by the<\/p>\n<p>boy, I award him Rs.2,250\/-, which makes an additional compensation of<\/p>\n<p>Rs.5,000\/-.\n<\/p>\n<p>      In the result, MACA is partly allowed and the claimant is entitled to<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">MACA 872\/2008                      -:2:-<\/span><\/p>\n<p>an additional compensation of Rs.5,000\/- with 6% interest on the said sum<\/p>\n<p>from the date of petition till realisation and the insurance company is<\/p>\n<p>directed to deposit the amount within 60 days from the date of receipt of a<\/p>\n<p>copy of this judgment.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                                              M.N.KRISHNAN, JUDGE<\/p>\n<p>Cdp\/-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Umesh vs United India Insurance Co. Ltd on 12 November, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM MACA.No. 872 of 2008() 1. UMESH, AGED 14 YEARS, MINOR APPELLANT &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO. 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