FAO No.459 of 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.459 of 2011 DATE OF DECISION: April 20, 2011 BALBIR SINGH ...APPELLANT VERSUS JAGJIT SINGH & OTHERS ...RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.KANNAN. 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgement? No 2. To be referred to the reporters or not? No 3. Whether the judgement should be reported in the digest? No ---- PRESENT: MR. PRITAM SAINI, ADVOCATE FOR THE APPELLANT. K.KANNAN, J.(ORAL) 1. The appeal is for enhancement of claim for compensation for the injuries sustained in a motor accident resulting in restriction in range of movement at the knee. Although the appellant had filed a disability certificate where an assessment had been made that it resulted in 10% loss, the Doctor himself had not been examined. He had produced medical bills to the tune of about `1610/- but, he claimed that he had spent about a lac of rupees for medical treatment. In the absence of any evidence for such a large volume of expense alleged to have been incurred, the Tribunal provided no more than `20,000/- for the disability and `30,000/- for pain & suffering. The Tribunal had characterized the assessment of `20,000/- for disability as loss of future income, but I would understand that this means loss of amenities for life and inconvenience caused to him for the temporary period of disability on account of inujury. The assessment of `30,000/- as compensation for pain & suffering is reasonable and an over-all FAO No.459 of 2011 -2- compensation of `50,000/- conforms to the quality of evidence that was adduced before the Tribunal. 2. The award is confirmed and the appeal is dismissed. April 20, 2011 (K.KANNAN) Gulati JUDGE