\ H!GH COURT OF GHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR t • •' . '..'. ' • .. • .' • •.• • ...' ' . .' . SingleBench; Hon'bleShri DJjipRaosaftebDeshmukh.J. APPEt-LANT: N0.3 tisc^ABBealICANa^SeSQOT Nitin Kuma^Kshietriya s/o Jivan Singh Kshetriya, aged 21 years, resident of Bandhwapara,, Sarkanda, near Satbaniya Temple, Bilaspur, Tahsil and District Bilaspur (CG) Versys 1. ASharam Kewat S/o Pyare Lal Kewat, aged about 36 years, resident of Village Lagara, Post Mopka, Tahsil and District Bi!aspur(CG). 2. Vyasnarayan Shnvas,jS/o Umashanker Shrivas, resident ofVilfege Lagara, Post Mopka, Tahsil and 'District Bilaspur 3. United India Insurance Company Limited, Rajendra Nagar, Bilaspur, fhrough its Branch Manager, United India Insurance Company Limited, Rajendra Nagar, Bitaspur (C.G.) lemorandum ofMisc. Appeaj UnderSection 173oflVIotor VehictesAct ilAiC.lJNo,128S/2007 The United india Insurance Company Limited, Rajendra Nagar, Bitaspur, Through Braneh Manager, United India insurance Cpmpany Limited, Rajendra Nagar, Bilaspur (C.G.) Versus Kumar Kshatriya son of Jeevansingh Kshatriya, aged 21 yrs.. Resident of Banclhwapara, Sarkancia, NearSatbaniya Mandir, Bilaspur, Tahsi! and District Bilaspuf (GG) Aiahararn Kewat.sonof PyarelalKewat, aged aboyt36 years, resident ofYiiiags Lagra, Post Mopte, Tahsil anci Distriet ;Siiaspurl(CG):.,'',:; :::'; :'.;;::'.;:"'^ • s (Driver) ^:SWS'~S\ K /• 3. '.Vyasnarayan ., .Shmas, ,;j^^^ of^ UmashahkerShrivas.FesicientofVjliage Lagra, Post Mopka, Tahsil antf District Bilaspur. (Owner of1:he Vehiele) NON-APPUCANTSN0.1AND2 ADDeail}nderSection173ofMotorVehiclesAct Shri Sameer Singh, cpunsei for the appellant in MA.(C.^o. 2S6/200T,andforF®spondentNo.1inM.A.(C'.)Nb.1285/2007, siiri H.B. Agrawal, Senior Advocate with Ms. Sangeeta Mishra, cbunsel for appetlant in M.A.(C.)No.1285/2007 and respondent No. 3 in M.A.(Cj NQ.266/2Q07. - (Passed on16th Novsmber, 2007) | . Heard on admission. ' 2. This common order shall dispose of Miscellaneous Appeal (C) No.266/2Q07fil6dbytheclaimantforenhancementasaisoin WA.(C.) No.1285/2007 filedbythe Insurance Company. Boththe appealsanse ouf of an award dated 07-11-2006 passed by Additional Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Biiaspur (hereinafter referred to as "the MACT")in Claim Case No. 22/2006 wherebyeompensationof Rs,1,00,000/-was awardedto the clafmants for permanent disability suffered in the accident. Th& ieamed KAACT has awarded the abovementioned compensation againstthe InsuranceCompanywhite giving itthe rightto reeoverthe samefrom the owner ofthevehiela. 3. It is not in dispute that Dr. Vinay Kharsan (AW-3) examined by the ciaimants had stated in para 3, that despite the jnjuries suffered by theclaimantintheJaw.hewQuldhavebeenabtetousethejaw normaHy affer a peribd of two months. So far as^^^ft^^ disabilitysuffered.bythectaimant'dyetotheacGidentisconcemeci.he did not spefcifically mention the pereentage of disability invparagraph 2 butonlydeposedttiafsomehaturalchangeswereseenintheface.lri thiS yiew of the matter, no specifiG ^ground is made ouf far enhancementofthecompensaUonawardedbytheMACt.^^ 4.. ' ,So far as.the'.appeal^referred^by^the<:lnsura concemed, itis nQtindJsputethaldriverAlaharamKewatpo^ "W'misffiBe ^g^^ --^ '•''''-"•fi.. Kw an effective and valid licence to drive not only a heavyvehicle but also a iight motor vehicie on the date of accident, The tearned MACT has also given the right to the appellant/insurance Company to recover compensation from the insurer; No ground for interference is shown. !n the facts and circumstances of the case, the impugnedaward cannot be faulted with and appea! preferred by the Insurance Company is also Hable to be dismissed. 5, Accordingly, the Miscelianeous appeals (C) No. 266/2007 and 1285/2007 aredismissed. , Dilip Raosaheb Deshmukh Judge