EEGR €3§L§RY §F CE§§JT§§G£§R§§ A? EELI§SE3L§TE BE¥E$EQ§§§ EEMEM mwaLE sHRa Rmtw Gwm, cw :Fgwaé‘gLE 3HR§ 5mm. gwM s‘ug 5. Mi$a g'iésapwi N§§E33é e? E§g$ Bharai Lad Bha"; age 42 years, Sm Baiwh'; ‘Laé Eh‘i Ku. Amrika, age ’i'f‘ yearS, fa amm "a ‘t L&;' Exhaf KL: Amir! age ”w yeafs, mo Bharat L31 Ehai Ku‘“ Bk; Ku Rashan§, age 12 yeara Bio Bhara‘i FHA an rt Rohii, a§e 8 yearg, Sfa Emmi La! Ehat "’ Rupesah Kamaa age H3 years, Sm Nb gnaw; L K LE: l nh miiat !~ Appei§ams Mp2 i0 7 a}? are minor thrwgh theif namrai guaréianfather Eharat Lai Shai, ai§ Rio viikage - we k! llwag-g3, aeu m no a O ’T‘ gagsig h l —~ l’\ uygmnriaz, i i Dist? ‘Kanker {CG‘ Amammg ia L¢.D i armiia, age @3 years, DIG 3mm P} . r h). 1 xi ‘JERSQS Da‘v'aaand Daram‘im Sis Rajaruraril, age 22 yeafs, 'R/c Véizag'e -— Kande, PS 8; Tahsi§ — Duygkondai. Siam Kaakar ’CG‘ K } The Oi‘ianiai insurance Camaaay Lida Adarsh Ba} Maadin Q‘nam?éri {CG} MEsS. iamaaa§ Emaaé‘ gagima 3% c2? Eha Maia? ‘é‘famciea :%a..m ga 4 E§wa §a Shri Saahash H‘adav. Gamma; far the apgaeE§anta Noae hr resmondent a? 2haug’n sewed. ‘ Snré $K Mésbi’a. counae; for respondeni No.2. B M Ix? W QRBE§ {Em Se§igm§3éa 2Q’EQE‘; Tfjia i‘bitowéng order of the Cami g33$ed by Raggav @agm, QLL Thi$ is ciaimams’ aiipeai f0: enhancemem of the campensa‘iicn awamied by thg Secorzd iiddi‘xionai Momr Accident Ciaims Tribu‘nai, Maker {fsr Shari we Tribunai) wide Edvard daied 14.?)52DC33; passed in C%aim Case §%0.20/32. 23 #35 agamsi the compeansa‘iim 9f R$.Q.8S,GG&J- $§aimeti byhe appe§§anisiciaimanta unfarimwaie husband and minar chiidfen of deceasgci Krishna Bhai by fiimg a ciaim petii‘ian umjer 8ec’iian' 165 9f *me Momr Vehi9ies Act, fer ha? GQeaéth in i’ne mo’mr ascicient an 5f} 01‘ cgmpensa‘iian aiong with in‘teresi @ 9% per annum fmm ihe daie a? {fie f§§ing of ihe ciaim peifiion till the daie 0f astuai payment. 3 The Tfibunai on a Close scruiiny ca§ the enme evidenae Zed xx icm’ore t heid that decea$et§ K?i$hna Bhai died cm accoun’é of The En§uyies guSiEEneci by ha? in the mam? accident on 25.35.2CIQ2 when me Jean bearing reg§sirafiir3n N0.SG~19nD/§GM in which Sne wa3 mix/aim (4L} l accurred due f0 rash and neg§§gent driving 0f "ihe airiver 0' ix‘ie effending \iehicie Jeep: as the abave offemdmg vehécie Jean cm me date of ihe accidem though was insured wiih ihe Orieniei insurame A / w .2392, the ‘mbunai awardea a ma} sum of F231 .7‘31DC3Q/l as as a passenger me? wi‘iin an accident; the accicieni pompany Limiied, su‘ was being piied wiihcut a vai§d permit, the memence Campany was net §§abie ta pay comeeneeiien i0 ihe e \ cia%mants and the éiabiEEtv in thg‘t beha§f was of ihe awner of me Jeeg‘ 4) The Triburia} assessed the income of the (jeceasad a’i Rg.1,QOO/- per month and Rs.12,{300/— per annum. By deducimg $13“: 9 Rs.?2,§0€!i- tewads ”w ge§cnai gym $es of the deceased, {he ciaimaniS” dependency was aeseesed m ReBQGG/L ear annum. By muitipiyi‘ng We annuai depeneency of R$.8,00GI- wiih the muitigvlier of 18, the compensation was wmked out i0 Ree? ,44,GQC*f—‘ By awaméng further sum of Rs.2§;QGQI’— under ofher heads, we Wibunai awarded a ioiai sum of Rs.1.73,9QQ/— as compensatien for the dea€h of deceased Krishna Bhat in the mater accident. The Tribune? further directed paymen‘i of interest on ihe ebeve ameuni e? campeneaiien of Rei $3,0002— (g3; 9% pei’ aneum frem i‘ne eiete ei the fiiing ef Erie eieim peiiiiien tiii the date of aeiuei eeymen‘i. 5) Shri Subhash Yadev. ieamed eeuneei fer the eppeiien’is vehementiy argued thai the Tribunai has erree in not accepting the ciaimentet evidenee about the iecome at the deceased amt in assessing her income et Re“? ;GGO!— per mei’ith and RefiZQCIOI— tier Efté’ium. 6) $§ari SK Miehra, teamed. ceuneei fer {eepondent Ne.2 the Otientai tneurance Campany Limited, en the ethet hand eupperted the aiward and centended that, as the Jeep was being piied in breach of the poiicy canditiohs Witheut a vaiid pern’iit, the Ttibunei has i’ightiy exonerated the insuranee Comeany tram its iiabittty t0 De}! compensatton to the eiaimants. The teamed ceunset furthei' n r‘; nyv. , e “3x, me“ A agbmég tmé, evan o%herwise the risk. cf ‘thg passengezvs ifave’éiing in the JeeD was: mi Severed by aayimg extra @remium by t‘me-cwner a? iha Jeeg g 7) True, me ciaémanis p‘zeaded mat decea3ed Krishna Bha‘é usecé to eam Rs.3,00(3i— lar mmim by seiiing haagehagé x amcies .1. and bar1g§e$ 'm 'i‘ne Wgeidy market, ihe evidence iecj in i‘na‘i behah‘ was mt 0f aiinching mamre. in fade in the eviderace 9f her husband AWJ'E Bhaai Lei B‘nai ii has come ii’ze‘i’, me deceaeexti used i9 g6 i0 me weekiy meg'kei' Qnw when he was unabie t0 gt: to the market. Even etherwéee it is éi‘fficuEE ta beééeve ihei a pereen can earn Fie‘3‘wi3i— eer momh by seiii‘ng hauseheie‘ ariiciee em bengies in ihe week§y markei: ‘m a smeil \Iiiiege in fee tewnshép 01? Shanupmieeew. distriei <arxker. ‘ We: ihefefere. d0 net find any Eeférmiw in "me esseeemerxi of ihe Enceme Q‘f ‘the deceasea‘i by the Tribunei at Re? ,Qimi- pey manih anci Rs.§2,DQGf- per annum. 8‘; The c§a%mants’ dependency aéee hes been righiEy eeeeeeecé by eedeceng the ueueé W3” 0f i:he meeme a? the deceased tewaree her perscne£ exeeneee. g) The mu3’iie!ier of ’38 seiected by the Tribunei §e cerieimy cm ihe higwer side eoneidering the? cieimeni NM Sheret La! Bhei was 4" yeen’s of age enei tieceaeee' E fiehne Bhei was Shawn ie be aged abeui: 4Q yeam m he? pceémarz'em reper‘i. ’iD -/. e The Tfibmai hae been quite i§be¥ei in awareiing subeLamiei 4- .L emeun’i of Re.2§;GC)D/— under other heads. Mg: The iniemsi awarded fey ihe Tribunai @ Q% per ennum eiso caneet be termed to been ihe io‘wer side. E. § 12) So far as {ehe €inc§ing {ecorcéed by ”the " ribunai ieading ‘ia the exoneration Gf the insurer 0f the Jeep from Ei$ iiabétity i0 pay / compensation to the cEaimant$ is concerned, we gathe¥ from the exié§eace Cf AWQ Lggii, who Cia€ms to be €ravei¥ing with the 3i the reievant 'Eéma the Jeep was, being wed. as Taxi for carirymg fare paying paSsengers. Fmm me in$urance paiicy a? the Jeep {EXP/i) ii £5 apeerent ’Ehai the Jeee was get insured as prive’te car. The poHcy does net indEcete ihai’ any exéra eremium was peid by the Qwnef 0f the Jeep fer cevering izhe risk. 0f the passengers traveiimg in the Jeep. A sum cf Re.15/- wee paid fer covering the {iek of paid driver and enether sum 0f Re.4§Q/’- was paié fer severing the risk of nine empEoyees oiher theh rhe driver. In thie View of the matter, we e0 net fine: any infirmity in rhe finding recerded b}; ihe Tribunei leading to rhe exonererien 0f rhe lnsrzrer 0f the Jeep frem ire IrehiEiiy te pay cemneneetien to ‘rhe Claiman‘re and holding the owner of the Jeep arena iiebie to may compeneafron to the eieimente. i3) For ihe foregoing reasons, we do not find any eoope for enhancemeni of the oompensaiion awarded by ifne Tribunaii ’34} "i‘he appeei fiied by ihe apeeiianiS/eiaiman‘ie for enhancement oi ihe oomgaeneaiion, ihere‘iore, feiie and. is hereioy dismissed. a: h X daceawd in E ! 15) No oroer ee i0 oasis. i ,. i I i Sd/- i Sunil Kuhar Sinha i Sd/— . L i i Judge / Chief JuStice