IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.N.KRISHNAN FRIDAY, THE 4TH JULY 2008 / 13TH ASHADHA 1930 MACA.No. 1448 of 2004() ----------------------------------- OPMV.1755/2001 of MOTOR ACCIDENT CLAIMS TRIBUNAL, MANJERI .................... APPELLANT/PETITIONER: -------------------------------------- RAVEENDRAN, AGED 41 YEARS, S/O. NAMBUNNI, THATTANPURAKKAL HOUSE, VAZHENKADA P.O. BY ADV. SRI.P.SAMSUDIN SRI.P.BABU KARTHIKEYAN. RESPONDENTS/ RESPONDENTS: ----------------------------------------------- 1. ABDUL JABBAR, KOLAKADAN HOUSE, P.O. KAVUNGAL, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT (DRIVER). 2. P.A.ABRAHAM, S/O. P.C.ABRAHAM, PULIMOOTTIL HOUSE, CHERUKARA P.O. (OWNER). 3. UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO.LTD., MANJERI. BY ADV. SRI.MATHEWS JACOB (SR.) - R3 SRI.P.JACOB MATHEW - R3 THIS MOTOR ACCIDENT CLAIMS APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 04/07/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: M.N. KRISHNAN, J. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = M.A.C.A. NO. 1448 OF 2004 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Dated this the 4th day of July, 2008. J U D G M E N T This appeal is preferred against the award of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Manjeri in O.P.(MV)1755/01. The petitioner aged 38 years, a coolie, sustained abrasion and pain of right thigh and chest pain right side. He was only hospitalised for a day and he had expended Rs.250/- for medicines. The Tribunal awarded him a compensation of Rs.950/-. I feel it is grossly inadequate because there would have been pain and sufferings and difficulty to work for few days. So I fix the compensation to Rs.3,000/- thereby awarding an additional compensation of Rs.2,050/-. In the result the MACA is partly allowed and the claimant is awarded an additional compensation of Rs.2,050/- with 6% interest on the said sum from the date of petition till realisation and the insurance company is directed to deposit the same within a period of sixty days from the date of receipt of a copy of the judgment. M.N. KRISHNAN, JUDGE. ul/-