* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI MACA No.132/2010 Date of Decision; August 18. 2010 AMAN KAPOOR Appellant through Mr. Pramod Kumar Kharwar, Advocate for Mr. Santosh Chaurihaa, Advocate versus RAKESH & ORS Respondents through Mr. Kanwal Chaudhary, Advocate for respondent No.3. CORAM: HON'BLE MISS JUSTICE REKHA SHARMA 1. Whether the reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the reporter or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the 'Digest'? REKHA SHARMA. T. (ORAL) This appeal has been preferred by the appellant against the impugned award of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal dated September 02, 2008 on the sole ground that he has not been paid any amount for the loss of earnings, even though he had remained on leave for a period of two months. The learned counsel for the Insurance Company submits that the appellant is not entitled to any amount towards loss of salary, as he was discharged from the hospital on the same day of the accident MACA No.132/2010 Pagelof2 Digitally Signed By:AMULYA Certify that the digital file and physical file have been compared and the digital data is as per the physical file and no page is missing. Signature Not Verified which goes to show that he suffered no serious injury. On the other hand, it is submitted by learned counsel for the appellant that his employer had appeared before the Claims Tribunal as a witness and had stated that he had remained on leave for a period of two months on account of the accident. Having regard to the over-all facts and circumstances of the case, I direct the Insurance Company to pay a sum of Rs.l 5,000/- towards loss of earnings along with interest (g) 7.5% per annum within four weeks from now. With this direction, the appeal is disposed of. REKHX SHARMA, J. AUGUST 18, 2010 ka MACANo.l 32/2010 Page 2 of 2