{"id":89737,"date":"2009-09-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-07T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-general-manager-ksrtc-vs-b-s-manjula-on-8-september-2009"},"modified":"2017-01-25T01:40:06","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T20:10:06","slug":"the-general-manager-ksrtc-vs-b-s-manjula-on-8-september-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-general-manager-ksrtc-vs-b-s-manjula-on-8-september-2009","title":{"rendered":"The General Manager Ksrtc vs B S Manjula on 8 September, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">The General Manager Ksrtc vs B S Manjula on 8 September, 2009<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: K.L.Manjunath &amp; B.V.Nagarathna<\/div>\n<pre>IN1THEHKH{COURT(H7KARNKDMQXATBANGALQRE\n\nDATED THIS THE 08TH DAY OF' SEPTEMBER.\n\nPRESENT\n\nTHE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICEJKL,   \n\nAND\nTHE HONBLE MRS.  B;V'.VNAGAR2\u00a7THNA\n\nM.F'.A.N'O.10382\/.20CiG. ax\/IV)'  \nc\/w. M.F.A.1'$Q.:10\u00a7)87;f20G~8(MV]\n\nBETWEEN;    A      \n\nM.F.A.No. 1'0;?\u00a7:E',2;\/:2V(')\u00a35_6':  ~  L\n\n1 THE  KSRTC\nSMANTH1    \n(REPRE-SEN_TD. SYTTS CHIEF' LAW OFFICER)\n\n2, .\u00bb  \u20ac3I9\u00a7.ANDV.'P;'\u00a5.;'\u00a7TvI\u00ab{A,:\n NmJL\u00bb.R\n\n\" ~  DRNER OF KSRTC\n\n \" {$70 1 E5292\n   KOLAKDEPOT\n\n3 KRISHNA KUMAR\nA' D S,-'O SAIBABA,\nA '- AGED ABOUT 28 YEARS,\n SEETHARAAMPURA,\n0AM GOAL PRAKASHAM DISTRICT.\n\n55.\n\n\n\n{BySH\ufb01:SH\"H\ufb02}U\\ANAND,ADVJ\n\n.uAPPELLANTS\n\nAND:\n\n1\n\nB S MANJULA  \nW'\/0 LATE GANGADHARAIAH  :\nAGE 38 YEARS   ;. \"\nR\/AT 9TH CROSS ,ASHOK NAGAR,\nTUMKUR    \n\nSGKARUNESH  \nS\/O LATE GANGADHARAIAH \nMAJOR, ~    \nR\/AT 9TH CROSS, ASHGK N__AG-AER\" \nTUMKUR-     \"\n\nSGA.JFaY A   \nS\/O LATE  \"NGAiD{3DHA._E\u00a7AIA_}{- A\n\n     \"  \nR\/AT 9TH C1ROS;?a_ASHOK' NAGAR,\nTUMKI_IR'.\u00bbj-. * *    ~\n\nH.RESPONDENTS<\/pre>\n<p>(By;_b1&#8217;i:_V E :=3ID&#8217;DAR&#8217;A1\\&amp;A1AH, ADV. FOR R1&#8211;3)<\/p>\n<p>A V  T:{1s%jA~.MFA FILED U\/S 173(1) OF MV ACT<br \/>\n AT.AGA1NsT%&#8217; =  JUDGMENT AND AWARD DATED:\n<\/p>\n<p>7.A.4_%;:200_\u00e93&#8242; ?;;\u00e9,A\u00e9\u00a7sED IN MVC NO. 1092\/96 ON THE FILE<\/p>\n<p>_ M  OF4 THE ADDL. CIVIL JUDGE (SR.DN] AND MACT,<br \/>\nH &#8216;   A   T'{31y1KtjN, AWARDING A<\/p>\n<p>COMPENSNHON OF<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">9<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.\/<\/p>\n<p>RS.7,30,048\/~ WITH INTEREST @ 6% PA FROM &#8216;THE<br \/>\nDATE OF PETITION TILL PAYMENT. T <\/p>\n<p>. BETWEEN:\n<\/p>\n<p>M.F.A.NO.10087\/2006:\n<\/p>\n<p>1 B s MANJULA<br \/>\nW\/O LATE GANGADHARATAH<br \/>\nAGED ABOUT 49.yRs_.~&#8211; &#8211;.\n<\/p>\n<p>2 SGKARUNESH._ V   .\n<\/p>\n<p>s\/0 LATEvGANGAIJHARA1;.A}&#8217;i&#8221;T..  ; 1- <\/p>\n<p>AGED AEQUT 2:5 {RS1 . &#8221;  <\/p>\n<pre>\n\n3 s G    \n\ns\/Q \nAGED A;EoU;f1= ZSYRS    '\n\n<\/pre>\n<p>ALL  R\/,AT N.Q&#8217;.1_1..o GURURAGHVENDRA<br \/>\nN1L&#8217;AyA  CROSS 3121:) MAIN {ST STAGE<br \/>\n_ .BE1\\\/11; L_AYOUT&#8217;*.BASAVESHWARANAGAR<br \/>\n..  BANGALGRE 79<\/p>\n<p>. .. APPELLANTS<\/p>\n<p>A &#8216;(Ey\u00bbs;%i:&#8217; \u20ac2%:1E&#8217;A&#8217;v&#8217;3iAT)DARA1vLA1AH COUNSEL)<\/p>\n<p>A&#8217;  1  THE GENERAL MANAGER KSRTC<\/p>\n<p>SHANTHINAGAR K.H.ROAD \/E&#8217;\/.&#8217;~<br \/>\nBANGALORE 27<\/p>\n<p>2. M.F.A.No.l0382\/2006 is \ufb01led by the K$RTC<\/p>\n<p>challenging not only the liability fixed on it, but<\/p>\n<p>quantum of compensation awarded in favouri&#8221; .<\/p>\n<p>claimants in M.V.C.No.1092\/98.onthe&#8221;file::&#8217;ofll&#8217;MAC&#8217;F,jV A<\/p>\n<p>Tumkur. M.F..A.No.10087\/06 igg\ufb01i\u00e9fd &#8220;by <\/p>\n<p>being not satisfied with  ofggcorripensation <\/p>\n<p>fixed by the MACT and alsoi-the&#8217;g&#8217;:con.tribntory negligence<br \/>\napportioned between  involved in<br \/>\nthe accident,   ;&#8221;ll&#8217;\\2l\\lre have heard<br \/>\nthese two apge\u00e9g.   if&#8217;.g &#8211;\n<\/p>\n<p>3. or__ the &#8216;&#8211;&#8220;sal&lt;;e\u00bbofaconv-eriience the parties shall be<\/p>\n<p>referred to\ufb02lasv per  before the tribunal.<\/p>\n<p>   gclailrnants are the legal heirs of one<\/p>\n<p>   who was travelling in the KSRTC bus<\/p>\n<p>bearing F5292 on 8.8.96 as a passenger from<\/p>\n<p> Kolar  Bangalore. When the bus reached Narasapura<\/p>\n<p>Village, on account of rash and negligent driving of the<\/p>\n<p>   by the driver, it dashed against an on coming lorry<\/p>\n<p>5%\u00bb:-\n<\/p>\n<p>bearing No.AP26\/1276, which resulted in the death of<\/p>\n<p>Gangadharaiah on the spot.\n<\/p>\n<p>5. According to the claimants, he wasHwo._rkijngll&#8217;as*  <\/p>\n<p>lecturer in District Institute of  8:&#8217; <\/p>\n<p>Kolar. He was getting a salary of .l&#8221;Fw,,2()0 <\/p>\n<p>also an agriculturist and getting sepa1&#8217;ater&#8211;inco,:me from<\/p>\n<p>agricultural sources. &#8216; ._  \u00ab.\n<\/p>\n<p>6. The casejwas contested&#8217;   According<br \/>\nto the  occurred on account of rash<\/p>\n<p>and negligent? driv:ing&#8221;~o:il&#8221;&#8211;the loriqfdriver.<\/p>\n<p>7. Iri.__orr:ler to prove.__the&#8217;ir respective contentions, two<\/p>\n<p>witnesses were &#8216;eican\ufb01ined on behalf of he claimants as<\/p>\n<p>  and\ufb02mthey relied upon Exs.P~1 to P&#8211;~l2. On<\/p>\n<p>  the driver of the bus, Chand Pasha,<\/p>\n<p>was examined as RW1 and he relied upon Exs.R&#8212;-1 to<\/p>\n<p>it    The tribunal considering the evidence let in by the<\/p>\n<p>l&#8221;&#8216;&#8211;parties equally apportioned the contributory negligence<\/p>\n<p>2 &#8220;on the drivers of both the vehicles and awarded<\/p>\n<p>\u00a7,,.\n<\/p>\n<p>  Ksiaar <\/p>\n<p>compensation of 730,048\/\u00ab-. This said judgment and<\/p>\n<p>award is called in question in these two appea_1s._m~. <\/p>\n<p>8. Learned counsel for the cilairnants <\/p>\n<p>the driver of the bus was convicted in the  &#8216;ca~se*,<\/p>\n<p>and the charge sheet was fiiedjagainsi:   it<\/p>\n<p>submits that in   Diifiision Bench<br \/>\nof this court in an    arising out<br \/>\nof another   has held that<br \/>\nthe    Vresoonsible to pay the<br \/>\n he contends that the liability<br \/>\nsaddled&#8217;   lorry has to be set aside<\/p>\n<p>andgthe entire_V_V&#8221;corrrpensation has to be paid by the<\/p>\n<p>9.  ..I4ie&#8221;&#8216;i&#8217;i,1rther contends that the trial court has<\/p>\n<p> committed a serious error in not awarding<\/p>\n<p>Aicoirnpensation adequately. According to him, the<\/p>\n<p>.\/&#8217;9<\/p>\n<p>deceased was working as a lecturer and on promotion,<\/p>\n<p>he was transferred to Chitradurga and he had\u00e9wlorked<\/p>\n<p>for only 20 days and he had drawn Rs.7 _<\/p>\n<p>days as could be seen from IBJ:{,VI?&#8217;-9. _hei &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>contends that the salary of  <\/p>\n<p>than Rs.10,700\/~ and in arlflditionlhe: was <\/p>\n<p>agricultural income. colntendsethat the<br \/>\nfinding of the  &#8216;dependency at<br \/>\nRs.7,2o,o48\/f }_1as_ to    contends<br \/>\nthat the   According<br \/>\nto hiII1v;V  have been applied by<br \/>\nthe  further contends that the<\/p>\n<p>compensation lawarded &#8216;under the conventional heads is<\/p>\n<p>l l  &#8211;als&#8221;o&#8212; or1i.the&#8217;* lower side.<\/p>\n<p>10.?&#8221;  &#8220;contra, learned counsel for the KSRTC<\/p>\n<p>ll&#8221;\ufb02,:co;1tend&#8217;s that the trial court has committed an error in<\/p>\n<p>-l   that the KSRTC driver was responsible for the<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; &#8220;clause of the accident. According to him, the documents<\/p>\n<p>%<\/p>\n<p>produced by the claimants and the evidence of RW1<\/p>\n<p>would go to show that the accident has occu.rredi_i&#8217;on<\/p>\n<p>account of rash and negligent driving of the ~<\/p>\n<p>lorry. She further contends   it<\/p>\n<p>compensation awarded by the  <\/p>\n<p>side and requests the to allow&#8217; .  of<\/p>\n<p>KSRTC and dismiss the appeai -of-the_ciairnantsv;E<\/p>\n<p>11. I-Iaving\u00a7.hear&#8217;_&#8217;c1 the  parties, we have<br \/>\nto consider&#8217;thesfoiiowing.&#8211;two  in these two appeals<br \/>\n &#8221;  thteftribunal was justified in holding<br \/>\n that&#8221;the.VA&#8217;ac:c1&#8243;dent occurred on account of the<\/p>\n<p>\u00e9contributitwryi negiigence of both the vehicles?<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;A   _vd:&#8217;Whether the compensation awarded by the<\/p>\n<p> tiiibviinai is on the lower side or higher side&#8217;?<\/p>\n<p> 12.  far as point No.1 is concerned, in View of the<\/p>\n<p> of this court in 1Vi.F.A.No.5145\/2003 dated<\/p>\n<p>  M __ijO.12.2007, we are of the opinion that the \ufb01nding of the<\/p>\n<p>bi<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">10<\/span><\/p>\n<p>tribunal has to be set aside by holding that the accident<\/p>\n<p>has occurred on account of rash and negligent dyrivinlgaof<\/p>\n<p>the KSRTC bus since the driver has been   .<\/p>\n<p>the criminal case. When the driver._has_&#8217;lbeeircolrivicted id&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>in a criminal case, we are of the opinioii <\/p>\n<p>in regard to the contributory negligerice   has * V L&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>to be accepted by us&#8230;&#8217; Ac.cordingly_, we&#8217; answer point<\/p>\n<p>No.1 in the affirmative. it<\/p>\n<p>13. Insofar Vleoncemed, it is not in<br \/>\ndispute that7.the_f9deceasVed._ was 49 years old and the<br \/>\nlearned wcotiynselllflor :_th&#8211;e&#8221;&#8216;K.SRTC contends that as per<\/p>\n<p>nposj-:n.ortem  the age of the deceased has to be<\/p>\n<p>   years. But the SSLC marks card and<\/p>\n<p>  &#8216;records produced by the claimants would<\/p>\n<p>reyealthatlllthe age of the deceased as 49 years. Be that<\/p>\n<p>  &#8220;as Inlay, whether the deceased is 49 years or 50 years,<\/p>\n<p>llthe\ufb02sproper multiplier to be applied is 13 and not 12. So<\/p>\n<p>it far as the income of the deceased is concerned.<\/p>\n<p>\/5:\n<\/p>\n<p>ll<\/p>\n<p>&#8216; admittedly he was working&#8217; as a lecturer in a<\/p>\n<p>Government Training Institute. On promotion_4.hVe..4_h~ad<\/p>\n<p>worked as a lecturer for 20 days. Ex.P~8  .<\/p>\n<p>certi\ufb01cate for 20 days which discloses that&#8221; l&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>salary of Rs.7,200\/-. If the satne&#8217;eonverted:uii5ito&#8217;l7a:<\/p>\n<p>monthly salary, it would oorn&#8217;e~\u00bb..to  &#8220;it is <\/p>\n<p>submitted that he has a drayvn-vVtl:.a&#8211;e&#8221;&#8216;salary&#8221; aspeir Ex.P~9<br \/>\non promotion from   the post of<br \/>\nDeputy Direot,r_niQf   if the salary on<br \/>\nthe date eijf 1&#8243;(&#8216;)H,7O0\/-, a sum of<br \/>\nRs. 1  ;~    professional tax,<br \/>\nincome the net salary would be<\/p>\n<p>Rs.1_O..00O\/&#8217;- p.rn&#8230;&#8217;-anvdR&#8217;s.1,120,000\/- p.a., out of which<\/p>\n<p>. if &#8220;We deduct 1\/&#8217;V3?d&#8221;&#8216;towards personal expenses it would<\/p>\n<p> &#8211;. Since he was a government<\/p>\n<p>sewan_t~,*\\ye* have to apply split multiplier. At the age of<\/p>\n<p>  hewtiould have attained the age of superannuation.<\/p>\n<p>it flherefore, we can take multiplier of 10 considering the<\/p>\n<p> &#8221; ~-loss of dependency at the rate of Rs.80,000\/&#8211; p.a. which<\/p>\n<p>\ufb01e:\n<\/p>\n<p>E3<\/p>\n<p>entitled for 3 total compensation of Rs.9,5(),00O\/&#8211; with<\/p>\n<p>interest at 6% 13.21.\n<\/p>\n<p>16. Out of the enhanced compensation  <\/p>\n<p>total compensation with accruecii inte1*evst_tliie-fe0Iif\u00a7dV&#8221;be&#8221;\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>deposited in any nationalised bankiiias ap\u00a7\u00a7\u00e9i;19ti0nec&#8217;i\u00e9.&#8217;by K<\/p>\n<p>the tribunal for an initial pefi&#8217;Q:ti&#8217; of fiVe._xr:eai*s.\ufb02TEEaeh of<br \/>\nthe claimants are   :\u00ab the eeriodical<br \/>\ninterest. The rest of theeomijensatierifsliall be released<\/p>\n<p>tothe&lt;jann?\ufb01i\u00e9\u00a7j].Ex I&quot;; t~fe\u00b0&#039;e5<\/p>\n<p>Sd\/~<br \/>\nJUDGE<\/p>\n<p>Sd\/-\n<\/p>\n<p>EUDGE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karnataka High Court The General Manager Ksrtc vs B S Manjula on 8 September, 2009 Author: K.L.Manjunath &amp; B.V.Nagarathna IN1THEHKH{COURT(H7KARNKDMQXATBANGALQRE DATED THIS THE 08TH DAY OF&#8217; SEPTEMBER. PRESENT THE HON&#8217;BLE MR. JUSTICEJKL, AND THE HONBLE MRS. B;V&#8217;.VNAGAR2\u00a7THNA M.F&#8217;.A.N&#8217;O.10382\/.20CiG. ax\/IV)&#8217; c\/w. M.F.A.1&#8217;$Q.:10\u00a7)87;f20G~8(MV] BETWEEN; A M.F.A.No. 1&#8217;0;?\u00a7:E&#8217;,2;\/:2V(&#8216;)\u00a35_6&#8242;: ~ L 1 THE KSRTC SMANTH1 (REPRE-SEN_TD. 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