IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.N.KRISHNAN WEDNESDAY, THE 23RD JULY 2008 / 1ST SRAVANA 1930 MACA.No. 787 of 2006() -------------------------------- OPMV.731/1998 of ADDL. MOTOR ACCIDENT CLAIMS TRIBUNAL, PALAKKAD .................... APPELLANT/PETITIONER -------------------- M.ACHUTHAN, S/O. GOPALAKRISHNAN NAIR, RESIDING AT 4/273, `KARTHIKA', PUDUPPARIYARAM P.O., PUDUPPARIYARAM VILLAGE, PALAKKAD DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.V.CHITAMBARESH SRI.T.C.SURESH MENON SRI.SREEKANTH.K.R SRI.JIBU P THOMAS RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENTS ------------------------ 1. BHASKARAN, S/O. MAMAN, RESIDING AT PLAVALAPPIL HOUSE, PDRINHANNUR P.O., MULANKUNNATHU KAVU, THRISSUR DISTRICT. 2. UNITED INDIA INSURANCE COMPANY LTD., KURUPPAM ROAD, THRISSUR. ADV. SRI.T.A.RAJAGOPALAN FOR R1 SRI.THOMAS MATHEW NELLIMOOTTIL FOR R2 THIS MOTOR ACCIDENT CLAIMS APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 23/07/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: M.N. KRISHNAN, J. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = M.A.C.A. NO. 787 OF 2006 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Dated this the 23rd 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, Palakkad in O.P.(MV)731/98. The claimant, a driver by profession sustained injuries in a road accident. He had suffered three lacerated wounds besides a contusion on the occipital area and also a lacerated wound on the left ankle. He was treated in a private hospital as in inpatient for three days. The Tribunal awarded him a total compensation Rs.9,957/-. A perusal of the award would reveal that the driver had sustained a wound on the left ankle besides injuries on the knee etc. Certainly it would have prevented him from doing any work for about eight weeks. Therefore I enhance the compensation by Rs.1,000/- for the same. Similarly, for pain and sufferings the Tribunal has only granted Rs.1,500/- which has to be enhanced to Rs.2,500/-. So, the total additional compensation the claimant will be entitled to is Rs.2,000/-. M.A.C.A. 787 OF 2006 -:2:- In the result the MACA is partly allowed and the claimant is awarded an additional compensation of Rs.2,000/- 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/-