IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.N.KRISHNAN WEDNESDAY, THE 12TH NOVEMBER 2008 / 21ST KARTHIKA 1930 MACA.No. 872 of 2008() -------------------------------- OPMV.292/2005 of MOTOR ACCIDENT CLAIMS TRIBUNAL, TIRUR .................... APPELLANT/PETITIONER: ------------------------------------ UMESH, AGED 14 YEARS, MINOR APPELLANT REPRESENTED BY FATHER VELAYUDHAN, S/O.KORU, VAKKAYIL HOUSE, P.O.THENJIPPALAM, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.P.SAMSUDIN RESPONDENT/3RD RESPONDENT: -------------------------------------------------- UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO. LTD, REPRESENTED BY DIVISIONAL MANAGER, DIVISIONAL OFFICE, MANJERI. BY ADV. SMT.K.C.BEENA THIS MOTOR ACCIDENT CLAIMS APPEAL HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 12/11/2008,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: Rs/ M.N.KRISHNAN, J ===================== MACA No.872 OF 2008 ===================== Dated this the 12th day of November 2008 JUDGMENT This appeal is preferred against the award of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Tirur in O.P.(MV)No.292 of 2005. The claimant, a 11 year old boy sustained injuries in a road accident. A perusal of the medical records would reveal that he was treated in Haji Orphanage Hospital for contusion on the left knee and contusion on the head. He was admitted in the hospital on 1.4.2000 and discharged on 2.4.2000. The Tribunal awarded a global amount of Rs.7,000/- as compensation. The claimant has produced a disability certificate of 1% which was issued by the Medical Board fixing the disability at 1%. Exts.A7 and A8 also relate to some complaints of epilepsy. When 1% is the disability and as the boy was only a minor, applying the notional income of Rs.15,000/-, which when multiplied with 15 the compensation would be Rs.2,750/-. For the agony undergone by the boy, I award him Rs.2,250/-, which makes an additional compensation of Rs.5,000/-. In the result, MACA is partly allowed and the claimant is entitled to MACA 872/2008 -:2:- an additional compensation of Rs.5,000/- with 6% interest on the said sum from the date of petition till realisation and the insurance company is directed to deposit the amount within 60 days from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. M.N.KRISHNAN, JUDGE Cdp/-