N <?'.' — .i.~^fl.^-i,^~;.-^-&^h3vT?L"t^'^"''"''o''u -'u-t' c. IN THE HI6H COURT OF JU&ICATURE AT BILASPUR MISC. APPEAL (c) N0. /-S§^1 /2008 01 F [! <y ^ APPEAL U/S 173 OF THE MOTOR VEHICLES ACT A6AINST THE AWARB/ORDER bATEb 29.01.2009 PASSED BY. THE MOTOR ACCIDENT CLAIMS TRIBUNAL SAR6UJA. (AMBIKAPUR). IC.6.} PRESIDEb OVER BY SHRI SUREN&RA TIWARI IN C.T.NO. 28/2007. '•Appeal valued at Rs. 21.22.000/-& Cour-t Fee affixed Rs.15/- APPELLANT ;• The Oriental Insurance Company Limited, through Its Branch Manager, Main office Main office first floor Ramatrade Center Opposite Rajiv Plaza Busstand Bilaspur C.6. INSURER •s RESPONbENTS 1. Smt. Shiv Kumari w/o late lochan Ram Aged 40 years CLAIMANTS Wife) ^^ 2. Mahendra Rajwade S/o o late lochan Ram Aged 24 years ):yy ..-•1^Apte 3. Dinesh Kumar S/o o late lochan Ram Aged 20 years. fl' -' y S4~ Kunmet bai W/o Ratan Ram aged about 70 years Respondent No. 1-4 are R/o village mendra Khurd p.S. (Shandhi Nagar Th. Ambikapur District Sarguja C.G. OwnerLof the s. ;• Akhilesh pratap singh s/o A.P. Singh Aged 40 yeors R/o Babupara Ambikapur P.S. + Th. Ambikapur District Sarguja C.6. vehicle Driver 6. Yogendra Kumar 6wal ©Morkun S/o Brijmohan Gwal aged 26 years R/o village Krouti P.S. Bhiyathan Th. Surajgur District.Sarguja C.G. aw*^nv v * w='i t 'tfSJ.AiABill'/ Wi.IS S, fO^.^ VCtr^. -fl f^fSif. .f^V*. f^ifv* ssi*^,... t^'j.^^^ 4^>i3!ct The Oriciilal Iiisui'aiice Couipaiiy I^irmted. ^ < .ia WtW"t a w vwws^'vtws ^k-^tf^jasTr^hsy "a ^T?^ /^Tt^ nn»_'??n %-»^h/Bi^hii^ •a'?*R(.»_ifT^tv •s'nie^ >£;-%J'a.'iVi^ i.'fo i^lt" "I'ilii? i^l^j'i'UK, vi^rii^Lr&gS Dlvistoa Betteb: Kou'ble Siiri i.M. Quddusl ^ Has'fele Shrt G, Miahajuddia,_»JJ. Presesit; Shri Abhisliek SiiU.ia wlth Sliri Gliaiishyaiu Patel, counsel for the appellaiit. onn E?uiui i nps.uii, couxisei IOF x'espoucLeuTS No. 1 to 4. Nouc lor rcspoiidcxit r-iO.t? ti3.ougti scrvcct. Stiri C. Jayaat K. Rao, counsel tbr fbe lespondents {PMsed oa 28th day ofJuly, 201 It Jf^,-^ ^E .-3 Tliis a.ppesu. lias bccii. fli.ed by fb.e a.ppellaiit/ Orieiital Insuraiice Co. Ltd, agaiiist tlic ijxipxigixed a.waifl datcd 29-01-2009 passed by uic Motor Accident Clalois iriouiiai^ Saiguja. (AiU.bikapur) (for short tb.e Claims Trlouualj iu C^lairo ^\ -. -.- •n.T -. t~v,cs ) r^f~\r\i-y t^-fctse i'(io.^£?/^uu/. 2. Brief fcLCts of tlie case accoru.lng to claloiauts are that u.ecea.seu wa.s iiusb&ucl ot Cia-iiaiailt No.l, t^tb.er ol <^iaioiailts No.2 aiid 3 ai-id sou ofclaiinailt No.4. Ou 07-03-2007 at 8-00 A.ivi., uie aeeeasea i/ocuaji r<am wiiue goiiig ouagwaiipuT aiong with oue Jayuath ou his Kero Houda^ inotorcycle beajing registrauon No. C.G, 15-D/1121. At tlie sanie tiiixe, uie o^cndtag velilcle (Bus) l^e&riag registiatlou No.l5-A/3632 was coiulug l^eliiud aud daslied fhe iLLOtor<;ycle due to r'ash &nu iiegligent drivuig of tue driver of the o^ending vehicle (Bus) as a. result ofwhicli Uie deceased s'ustaiued grievous iujuries on lils lie&d aiid died on tlie spot. Tlie report of tlie in.ciden.t was given to PoUce Statlon, Gajidlii Nagax'. f's 3. Tlie clalujtQjits beiilg lcgul lieii's oftlie deccased lia.cl fueu a PCUUOUL uu.uer oecuou luu 01 uie iviotor vciiicies na ^ior suon the Act, 1988 i before tiie Claijxxs Trluuiial cls coiii.peiisauoii ofRs.34,39,808/- fbr tlie deatb. oftlie decea.sed. Leariied TiTouiial ou a close scnituiy of evidciice led, iiLa-teilal placed. ajiid suoiiiissiOus uia.cle by the pai'ties, lias ^- r\-. i^.f —ti^n,r\^^ t awaraea a toiai suixi 01 r<s,^i,^^,uuu/- as coLapciisauou aioug witb. iriterest @ 90/o per aruiuiii froni uie date of uie claloi petltloii till tae paynieiit is uiade to the claiEiiSLu.ts. 5. We liave lieard leariied couiisel for the parties aiid .-(* -1.1- - f^V. ^ •—- —.ITT\-.:-t_ peiTised tlie records of uic Clalois Tribunal as also the ioipugiiea awai'a. 6. Leai'ned couusel for th.e appellaiit ha.s ch.alleiiged tb.e awaixl on th,e grouiid of Uablllly as well a.s c{uantu£Li. Witu regaj'd to liabillty, lie has suljiultted that the driver of the offeudiug vehicle was not haviiig valld aiid eifective diiving llcence but we have peruseu tb.e drivlug Uceiice ajid tb.ere is eiidorseiiient io. tiie u-riving Ucea.cc to drive Puollc Seivice veliicle. Opportunity was glven to ujie lesLTiied eo-aiisel for the appeliaiit to vertfy but he fajled to SLibstaritia.te the saaie. Therefore, it caruiot be said th.a.t tb.e driver of the offcndio.g veliicle was iiot haviiig & valid aiid ej^ective driviag Uceiice. Wlu.1 regard to quaiituin, we iia.ve fouud ui&t Uie aiLD.ual uicoBie of tljie d&ceased lias been a-ssessed by the Claiiiis Trlbuiial a.s Rs.2,10,000/-. After deductiag l/'3ird ofit towards his personal expeuses, the reiiiaiuder would conie to Rs.1,40,000/-. The CiRiois li'lbuaa-l iias a d tlie luultiplier of 15 iiistead of 14 Si-s uie age 01 ujie ci-ecea.seci wa.s '4-0 yeai's a^t LL!.£ uine 01 a-ea.Lu. aiid accordisig to multiplief SCalc given uy Hon ole the Apex Couil iti 'uie luaLLer of Sarla Vemta. (Smt.) arui others — vs' Deltd TrfUtsport Corpvration 'cind avtoth.er reporteu ui (2009) 6 SCC 121, fis.e laultiplier of 14 is to be niade appUcable. Therefore, u we apply uie niultipUer' of 14, tlie total dependency would come to Rs. 19,60,000/-. The Tribunal has calculateet the loss of dependency as Rs.21,00,000/- which is excessive. The Tribunal has also gT'aiited 'Rs. 22,000/- ou other heads, the saine is liable to reiuahi uitact. Therefore, after adduig Rs. 22,000/- on othcr heads as awarded by fhe leariied Tribunal, total aniouru. Lowaras 10SS 01 aepenuency comes to Rs. 19,82 ,OOC7'-- 8. A6cordinglyt the appeal 1s aUowed ia part. The ixo.pugned awajpd 1s luou-Mied. to tiic aoove exteixt aiid tlie a-oioujit of coKipeiisatiou of Rs.21,00,GOG/- is red-uced to Rs, 19,82,000/-, Rest of uie coiiditioiis of the Im.puRjaed awai'd Siiall reiaaiii 9. The appellaiit/Iiisur&iice Cojiipaiiy is gr&nted tliiee luonth.s tl.uie to deposlt award. ajjaount Le, Rs. 19,S2,OOQ/- befbre the coiicei'iied Claluis Trlbujial. „;^'——.__ Sd/- I.M.Quddussi Judge Sd/- G.Minhajjudin Judge k^-fd