FAO No.3677 of 1999 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.3677 of 1999 DATE OF DECISION: March 3, 2011 SHANTI ...APPELLANT VERSUS SATBIR SINGH AND 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. RAJESH GUPTA, ADVOCATE FOR MR. R.N. LOHAN, ADVOCATE FOR THE APPELLANT. MR. MANINDER SINGH, ADVOCATE FOR MR. AMIT RAWAL, ADVOCATE FOR THE RESPONDENTS. K.KANNAN, J.(ORAL) 1. The appeal is for enhancement of claim of compensation for injuries suffered in an accident. The Tribunal had assessed `3000/- as compensation for the injuries which had been recorded in the MLR as simple. At the trial, evidence was led through a Dental Surgeon who stated that he had examined her 4 years after the accident and all her teeth were not original. The claimant contended that in the accident she had lost 4 teeth, but the Tribunal rejected this contention on the ground that there was nothing to show that she lost teeth only on account of accident and even the medical opinion tendered was with reference to treatment by the Doctor who had seen her 4 years after the accident. I cannot find support for an argument made on behalf of the claimant that she had lost her teeth only in FAO No.3677 of 1999 -2- the accident. Even her claim that she had been under treatment for 15 days as in-patient is not established. As already pointed out, MLR recorded the injuries as simple, and she had been only advised a reference to ENT Surgeon because MLR recorded the fact of some bleeding from her ear. If she had lost her teeth in the accident and if she had been bleeding orally, it ought to have been recorded so. 2. I will, therefore, not make any modification in the award. I will retain the same and dismiss the appeal. March 3, 2011 (K.KANNAN) Gulati JUDGE