IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.N.KRISHNAN WEDNESDAY, THE 5TH NOVEMBER 2008 / 14TH KARTHIKA 1930 MACA.No. 1601 of 2007() ---------------------------------- OPMV.1476/2001 OF MOTOR ACCIDENT CLAIMS TRIBUNAL, IRINJALAKUDA .................... APPELLANT/PETITIONER IN OP(MV): ----------------------------------------------------- PAUL JOSE, S/O. AMBOOKKAN JOSE, KOMDINJAMAKKAL DESOM, THAZHEKKAD VILLAGE AND POST, MUKUNDAPURAM TALUK, THRISSUR DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.P.V.BABY SRI.A.N.SANTHOSH RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS IN OP(MV): --------------------------------------------------------------- 1. SUHARA AZEEZ, W/O.KADUPADATH ABDUL AZEEZ ULIYANOOR P.O., ALUVA. 2. PAREEKUNJU, S/O.VELLATHIVEETIL MOHAMMED NEAR NACHUMA U.P.SCHOOL, KOMBARA P.O.,ALUVA EAST. 3. MANAGER, NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. LTD., ROUND WEST, THRISSUR. BY THIS MOTOR ACCIDENT CLAIMS APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 05/11/2008,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: Rs/ M.N. KRISHNAN, J. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = M.A.C.A. NO. 1601 OF 2007 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Dated this the 5th day of November, 2008. J U D G M E N T This appeal is preferred against the award of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Irinjalakuda in O.P.(MV)1476/01. The claimant sustained injuries in a road accident and the Tribunal has awarded a compensation of Rs.8,600/-. It is against that decision, the claimant has come in appeal. 2. A perusal of the award would reveal that the claimant had sustained a lacerated wound over the elbow, left clavicle and left thigh. Besides this he had abrasions over both eye-brows and knee. He was admitted in the Medical Trust Hospital and treated as an inpatient from 17.6.01 to 25.6.01. He had produced medical bills for Rs.12,021/-. As they were not original bills and as the claimant did not try to prove it, the Tribunal refused to grant any amount towards medical expenses. After having admitted that he was treated as an inpatient in a private hospital like Medical Trust for a period of eight days the M.A.C.A. NO. 1601 OF 2007 -:2:- Tribunal should have granted a reasonable amount towards medical expenses. Taking into consideration these factors I am inclined to grant Rs.3,000/- towards medical expenses. On all other heads the compensation awarded is proper and reasonable. In the result the MACA is partly allowed and the claimant is awarded an additional compensation of Rs.3,000/- with 7% 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/-