m%§-§ QEGIER? G? C§‘%H;€¥FT§S€£&RH :C' %€L£$P§3R EW§S§SN EEg‘gw QC§R§M i432§ELE §§*§RE RIMEEV GE£P7F§£E $Jr SawMSELE $§i§¥ RR$H§ER§£A9 Q5; N'é.i:%,, NmQQ all? 2%!2 m Smt, Aruna Devi Singh mid/Q. Late Jensvan Singh wed 35 years. 2. ’Ku. Sm¥§§ Chouhan, Sic. Laée Jaevan Smgh Chouhan, ageé @5 years. w Cheuharg, Chauhan, Ajay $§i1gh Qhcuhan S/O. Jet—wan Singh Chouhan, aged H yeara 4. KL}! Kamini Devi Chauhan, Bm‘ Lam Jeevan Singh Chouhan, aged 9‘ years. 5. Kn. MeenaE/{mi Sew Shouham, Em. Lata Jeevan Singh Chouham 7 years. 6. Shams Pratap Singh, Sm. Laie Jeevan Singh Chagham Ku. Nalém {Ehauhaa D/G. Late Jmvan Singh Chouhan, 6 years. Appeiia .i no. 2 ti) 27 thmugh : Moihm and natwai Guamian app. n13. 1 Smi. Aruna Devi Singh Chwhan. AH R/G. AWEnd Ward, Near Adiwaai, L§£¥fx§ EEENTEE‘. €3N¢XFPLECANTS Haste! Pansion Bada, Raipur 3j$r$u$ 1;. Yashwani Rae Kadam. SA). $hyam Rao Kadam, ageci 40 years. Rm. Houw sf Gokui Das Daga. Sadar Bazar, Raipur. 2 Gurmeet S§ngh Bhatéa. 53m. SS. Bhatia, Rm. Bus Stand Kharora, Dim. Raipur {8.6.} 3 New mdia inSurance Co. Ltd. #hrgugh : Divisionai Manager Mobin Mahai, Jaii Road, Raipur {6.6.} R§$ N b;. Ram Pancham Singh Singh Chouham Chouhan, 65 years, SJO. Late A Ganga Ba? Chouhan, wio. Pancham Singh Chouha‘n‘ 60 years. Rea Na. 4 & 5 bath Rlo‘ Nea? Ad§vas§ Haste; Arvina‘ Ward, Pension Bada, Raipur (CG). I‘JEsa; #Apmai ancgea' Secimn 1% a? the Memr vehida §mi r Prea‘ér§t: Shri Prafuié ’3‘narai and Shri Santwh Sham? E£amea r ) caunse! fex' the appe¥ianta None for respondenis N0. 1, 2 , 4 and 5. Sm Shw Kumar Agrawai am‘ Sm Q. Aziz, wameai mange! for the respendent Na. 3. GRQER {a2i‘ ti 1 aégaaaiaag‘ys Eag‘gg The f0§10wing erder of ‘ihe Cam was pas$e§ by {agaav SEupéa, @w Learned cwnse! fef the §ari§es are heard 0n M.(C.)P. N61132f2QO2, a peiEion for condengtion of §e§ay in fiiing the apgeaL 2} On due consia‘eraiien, we are 5a‘iésfieé that the appelianie have eucceeded in showmg sufficienteauee for the de!ay En ‘fiEing Ehe ap;3ea;. i 3) MCF. Ne. 132/2002, iherefOfe, is aimwed and ihe deiey n fem ‘Ehe eepea} is hereby Geneaned. f 7, u e) Leamed counee! for the pames are heard on admission. 5) Appellants we seeking enhancement of the compensation awarded be the First Additional Motor Accident Claims Tribunal. @ ard Raipur (far Shorf “the Tribunaé”) vide award dated 30.04.20m, pa$sgd in MMC. N9.25/2000. \ 5) As agams’t the compensation of Rs.’i9,05,000f~ ciaimed by t¥he céaimantS, for i‘ne death of deceaSed Jgevan Singh Chouhan m the moiw accident, the Tribunal awarded a tetal $um of Rs.5,?4,600/- as compensaiion aiong with interes’: @ Q96 per amam frem tha date of fiiing of the ciaim petition iiil the dete 0f acme! paymenii ?) 'Shri Prafuii Bharat and Shri Santoeh Bharat, ieamed counsei for the appeiiants vehemeniiy argued that the Tribunei has ewed in cieducting 1/9 of ihe income 0f the deceased tewaids hie peisenai expenses; in selecting iower muitipiiei cf 11 oniy: and in awarding icw compensation of Rs.5,74;600/— eniy A 8) The ciaimants pieacied that deceaeed Jeevan Singh Chouhan ueed to earn Rs.6,500/— per month as Cierk in Emeioyment Exchange, Reipur. The Tribune! assessed his income at Rs.6,500/— eer month on tine basis of the oiaimanis’ pieadings and the evidence led in that behalfi Q) The Ciaimante as such cannot have any grievance, so fai as the assessment of the income of the deceased by the Tribunal is cencemed. 1D) The Tribunal assessed dependency of the claimants by deducting usual 1/3’d cf the income cf the deceased towards his perscnal expenses. We do not find any substance in the submisgicns 0f the Eeamed ceunsei far the appeilants mat the TrEbunal has, erred En cieduciing 1X3” 0f me Encame 5f fhe deceased toward3 his pemmaf expenaes. 1?) T ,e muftipi§&r of 11 selgcted hy the Tyibunaé is rather rm the higher side En vi@w cf the faci that daceased Jeevan Singh Chouhan was §0und t0 be agad aboué 5Q years on ihe date of the t acarcgen’i. 12) Fer the foregoing reaeons, we d0 net f§nd any scope fer enhancement efihe compensation awarded by the Tribumai. 13) The appeal filed by the appelianis far enhancemeni of the compensation, therefore, ie iiabie to be dismissed and is hereby dismissed summariiy. Sd/— HIEF JUSTICE ‘ T. P. Sharma Judge 1 Sd/- C