FAO No. 920 of 2010 -1- In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh FAO No. 920 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision : 19.5.2010 Parveen ..... Appellant vs Ramu and others .... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. P. S. Jakhar, Advocate for Mr. Sandeep Kotla, Advocate, for the appellant. Rajesh Bindal J. The appellant/claimant has filed the present appeal for enhancement of compensation granted to him by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Gurgaon (hereinafter to be referred as “the Tribunal”) vide award dated 24.7.2009. Brief facts of the case are that on 28.3.2008, at about 5.30/6.00 P.M., when the appellant Parveen, Vinod Kumar and Raju were standing near his fields on the kacha portion of the road, then a tractor bearing registration no. HR-26-M- 6884, driven by respondent no. 1 Ramu, in a rash and negligent manner, came from Village Musaidpur side and hit the appellant as well as Vinod Kumar. Due to this, both of them received multiple injuries. FIR No. 44 dated 29.3.2008 was registered under Sections 279, 337, 338 IPC at Police Station Farrukh Nagar against respondent no. 1. The petition filed by claimant was allowed vide award dated 24.7.2009 and compensation of Rs. 55,000/- along with interest @ 9% per annum was granted. Still dissatisfied with the amount of compensation, the appellant has filed the present appeal for enhancement of compensation. Learned counsel for the appellant submitted that the appellant has spent about Rs. 1 lacs on his treatment, medicine, transportation, special diet, etc. He remained in hospital for four days. Due to the accident, the appellant suffered mental agony as well as financial loss. The learned Tribunal has just granted Rs. 55,000/- which is on the lower side. Heard learned counsel for the appellant and perused the paper-book. A perusal of the impugned award shows that in lumpsum a sum of Rs. 40,000/- has been awarded to the appellant by the learned Tribunal on account of expenses incurred on treatment. It is not his case that the bills of medicines produced by him were not considered by the learned Tribunal. Neither is the case FAO No. 920 of 2010 -2- of the appellant that he has suffered disability in the said accident for which he has not been granted compensation. Moreover, keeping in view of his injuries, the learned Tribunal also granted a sum of Rs. 15,000/- on account of pain, suffering, special diet, transportation and loss of income. etc. In total, a sum of Rs. 55,000/- has been awarded to the appellant as compensation. He has been granted interest @ 9% per annum which also cannot be said on lower side. In view of the above, I do not find merit in the present appeal and the same is accordingly dismissed. 19.5.2010 (Rajesh Bindal) vs Judge