INTHEIIIGH^OURTOF JUDICATURE AT BIL.ASPUR fC.G.t M.A. fa ^ /2010 APPELLANTS (Claimants) 1. •-f ^ {l^ff'".]^yyr ^'w^- ^. ^y^ k.''' RESPONDENTS: ^NON-APPLJCANTS ^- ^ Smt. Sudha Devi, aged 34 years, Wd/o. Late Ganga Prasad Yadav, Ku. Neetu D/o. Late Ganga Prasad Yadav, aged 10 years (Minor), Through : Natural guardian motherSudha Devi Wd/o, Late Ganga Prasad Yadav. Both are R/o. Ring Road N6.2, Bhanpuri, P.S. Khamtarai, Raipur(C.G.) VERSUS A. Asim KumarGhosh; S/o. AjitKumar R/o. Saraidala, District-Dhanbad (Jharkhand) Raju Mandal, S/6. Tarkeshwar Mandal, R/o. Balidih, Suriya, DistriCt Giridih, (Jharkhand) The Oriental Insurance Company Ltd., Through : Divisional Manager, Division Office No.l, Kachhari Chowk, Jail Road- Raipur(C.G.) 4y Amhk Singh CTruck Owner), at present R/o. M.S. Service Station, Chhokra Nala, P.S. Telibandha, Raipur(C.G.) Miscellanceous ADpeal under Section 173 ofthe Motor Vehicle Act, 1994 Beina aggrieved the judgment andaward passed bythe 10th Addl. Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Raipur. in Claim Case JMo. "05/2007, Judament dated 30-09-2009. in case of Smt. Sudha Devi and another Vs Asim Kumarand others. Valuationof Appeal Rs. ^00,000/- GS^i 'iiiiiiiii-iiiilfi^id^ -HC-22 SII^iI^T R'fi'ti sti^i sh+ifq» ytid ^ -3^ ^ipn?R, 's^w®,f««-ii«a< an^r IRW , <- / /„ ^^-s^».>/^ ^.....^.•.^^.:....~....:.........^ 200 <i7 •<1*1<11 (b*ll<B fq^a' *wi<-i''ii-i Miticif"?is^t <r»i«ti< ^srfiOT 31)^1 sii^iTOnwgfef SB: HON. SHRI JUSTIGE MK. AGARWAL 7-1-2010 Heard on admission. Shri S.C. Vcrma witti Sbri Aditya Kfaare, Advocate, for I. The instanf appeal |is directed for enhancement of compensation by the |;laimaats / appeHants against fhe award dated 30-7-2(p09 passed in Claim Case No. 5/2007 by Xth Adtlitional Motor Accident Clauns Tribunal, Raipur whej ofRs.3,91,500/-h4sbeen awarded tn favour of the •eby and whereunder, an aiaount claimants as agaiast company. 2. Brief facts of fhe case Ganea Prasad Yada' |the owner, driver and msurance are that on 22-11-2004 deceased i? .whfle .drireins truck bearing registration No. WB 123-A/ 1083 and going towards Bangladesh boarder fr^ .with an accident withl m MehdipuT, about 4.00 am, met tanker truck bearmg registration No. JH ll/B-2550 dpid succuinbed to the tnjuries sustained m the said afccident. [1qt^sft [-HC-22 sii^r^a P;-fi<* an^i ^i1+ -yT^f c Tsg 't||<lld<<, ofl1*i<is, (°ieii«y anit^r I^?K ^ II*ICTI sn*ii<* ^le> 5 ^......,^...:....^.......~.......^^ 200 ft^r" an^i WIRR ^ifci unforttnate 3. The claunants, of fhe deceased compensation for thi| application under Sectf 1988 (briefly the Acf Leamed Tribunal ori a material placed and assessed the income oj monfh and deperidencjy Rs. 24,000/- per deceased as 35 years miiltiplier of 16 and as< of loss of dependencyl 7,500/- towards other) as compensation alonfe tiU its pa^.'ment to the c| annlim 4. Leanied counsel for tHe the amount awarded deserves to be enhaaceB. 'hWidl'l'f '•l|t<<rff4ftTA<I"l<si< ^? 3lf?tPT a|lRt?T widow and miaor daughter daimed Rs. 29,50,000/- as death of deceased by filuij |on 166 of tlie Motor Yehicles Act :') before the leamed Tribunal. ;lose scrutiny of the evidence led, ^ubmission made by fhe parties, tfae deceased at Rs. 3,000/- per at Rs. 2,000/- per monfh i.e. i. After holding fhe age of fhe |at the tlme of aecident, applied sessed Rs. 3,84,000/- on account by addtag further suin of Rs. heads, awarded Rs. 3,91,500/ - i^ with jnterest @ 6% per annum tamiant. . , \ would submit that ingly on lower side and 5. I have heard leamed cojunsel for tfae partles and perused fhe impugned award. [T^ffe^- •PfwsT.'S••1:': ••^^'wv'^-i^' XI-HC-22 SII^I^iT R-ti'* 311^1 sh*li<ft <lfsfl ^. ^ ~sst •-^Wv\^, onl'M'is, i««niuy 3n^?T TRra? __......ffi':p^..dl.c'..£/^'..„ ^......^...^.....................^ ^ Hi*«*ti aiiich f^EI' STI^T ^^fTEgR^lliq 6,The appeUant /clami| that the deceased w< bUt failed to clinctung and cogent leamed Tribunal has | deceased as Rs. 3^. was of the age of 3 therefore, leamed Tril of 16. In view of (U^ coiamitted anv oo^/ computmg/awarding 7. Por the foregoing reAs substance is Mable Do admission staee. 4»t<il<n<fli *ii+icff'^^T^ <^i^i< ^?3lfWI3II^T ^nt pleaded hi fheir claira petition ^.s'eaniiug Rs. 4,000/- per m.0nfh the sam.e by adducing legal |evidence tn fhis regard. Therefore, |rightly assessed the income ofthe l- per:month. Since thfi deceased (5 ^ years at the time of accident, j)unal Kas righUy applied miiltiplier above, leamed Tribiinal has not |iUegality pr UTegularitv tn jQie compensation. sons, fhe appeal being devoid of be and is hereby dismissed at Sd/- N.K.Agarwal Judge I ^-:- [Tft^^feF^