FAO No. 6952 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH FAO No. 6952 of 2010 Date of decision May 2, 2011 Bhay Ram ....... Appellant Versus Devender and others ........Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN Present:- Mr. Parmod Parmar, Advocate for the appellant. **** 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? No 2. To be referred to the reporters or not? No 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest?No K. Kannan, J (oral). CM No.29975-CII of 2010 1. There is a delay of 11 days in filing the appeal. For the reasons stated in the application, application is allowed. Delay of 11 days in filing the appeal is condoned. FAO No.6952 of 2010 2. The appeal is for enhancement of claim for compensation for injuries suffered in a motor accident. He had injuries in his shoulder and the doctor certified that on account of pain in the chest, non-union of right clavicle, he had pain in the right shoulder and decreased movement in the right shoulder. The doctor had also found that there was a posttraumatic pain on account of fracture clavicle right and fracture tibia and there was decreased of movement or the right knee. While assessing FAO No. 6952 of 2010 2 the compensation, the Tribunal provided as under:- 1. Pain and Suffering `115,000/- 2. Medical Bills `42,493/- 3. Special diet and transportation `10,000/- 4. Permanent disability `30,000/- Total `97,493/- 3. Learned counsel argues that the Tribunal has not assessed any compensation for loss of income. The Tribunal has actually dealt with this issue by pointing out that petitioner had not proved that he was doing any work in agricultural field. He was 65 years of age and the Court observed that there were no proof that he held any agricultural land as well. The Tribunal, therefore denied to the petitioner a provision for loss of income during the period of two months when he was taking treatment from 23.12.2006 to 12.1.2007. The compensation assessed at `97,493/- under such circumstances would be seem to be just and reasonable. I find no reason to interfere with the same. 4. The award is confirmed and the appeal is dismissed. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE May 2 , 2011 archana