THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS APPEAL No.2831 of 2003 AND CROSS OBJECTIONS (SR).No.14426 of 2006 ORAL COMMON JUDGMENT: Heard both sides. Challenging the quantum of compensation, awarded by the Additional District Judge-cum-Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Nizamabad (for brevity “the Tribunal”), in O.P.No.955 of 1998, by order and decree, dated 19.11.2002, granting a sum of Rs.1,25,000/- towards compensation for the injuries sustained by the petitioner therein, in a road accident that occurred on 03.10.1998, the Oriental Insurance Company Limited, filed the present Civil Miscellaneous Appeal. The claimant filed the Cross-Objections seeking enhancement of the compensation awarded by the Tribunal in the said O.P. In the present case, the claimant sustained three simple injuries and fracture to his ribs. It is a common knowledge that fracture of ribs though grievous not very serious. The Tribunal, after assessing the income of the claimant, awarded a total sum of Rs.1,25,000/- as compensation. What is to be noticed is that there is no special reference of the injuries sustained by the claimant at all. In such an event, I feel that the amount awarded by the Tribunal is slightly on higher side. Hence, without going into the details of the case, I feel it appropriate to fix the compensation at Rs.1,00,000/-, which would be just and reasonable in the present facts and circumstances of the case. Accordingly, the Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is allowed in part, reducing the compensation awarded by the Tribunal to Rs.1,00,000/-, which shall carry interest at the rate of 9% per annum from the date of filing of the petition till the date of realization. Consequently, the Cross-Objections shall stand dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA 12th August 2010 dr