IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.N.KRISHNAN TUESDAY, THE 10TH JUNE 2008 / 20TH JYAISHTA 1930 MACA.No. 825 of 2004() -------------------------------- OPMV.897/1995 of IIND ADDL. MOTOR ACCIDENT CLAIMS TRIBUNAL, KOZHIKODE .................... APPELLANT/PETITIONER: -------------------- UMMADIYA, AGED 52 YEARS, W/O. MUHAMMED. H., HAJIYARAKATH, PAYYANNAKKAL, KAPPAKKAL, P.O. KALLAI. BY ADV. SRI.P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN RESPONDENTS: ----------------------- 1. ABDULSAMAD, S/O. AHAMMED, CHEMPUKAM, THALAYAD THAZHE ANGADI, KUNALUR AMSOM. 2. M. SHANMUGAM, S/O. APPU, VALAPPIL HOUSE, P.O. MANNUR, KOZHIKODE. 3. UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO.LTD., DIVISIONAL OFFICE, P.B.NO.533, KALLAI ROAD, CALICUT. BY ADV. SRI.J.MATHAPPAN - R3 SRI.R.SUDHISH - R2 THIS MOTOR ACCIDENT CLAIMS APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 10/06/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: M.N. KRISHNAN, J. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = M.A.C.A. NO. 825 OF 2004 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Dated this the 10th day of June, 2008. J U D G M E N T This appeal is preferred against the award of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Kozhikode in O.P.(MV)897/95. As per the documents produced before the Tribunal the claimant had sustained contusion on the neck and contusion on the left knee joint. It is submitted that she was treated as an inpatient in the hospital for 10 days. The Tribunal had awarded a total compensation of Rs.4,500/-. Aggrieved by that decision this appeal is preferred. The learned counsel had made available before me a certificate issued by a doctor in Krishna Clinic which shows that she had some problem with her thigh and she had visited the hospital on nine occasions. The certificate also shows that she had paid him a sum of Rs.200/- as doctor's fee. It is a fact that after the injury she had visited some hospitals and certainly it would have caused her monitory loss as well as even as a house MACA 825 OF 2004 -:2:- wife, she would have found it difficult to carry out her day- today activities for some time. Taking into consideration those aspects I am inclined to enhance Rs.2,000/-. Therefore the MACA is partly allowed and the claimant is awarded an additional compensation of Rs.2,000/- with 7% interest on the said sum from the date of petition till realisation and the insurance company is directed to deposit the same within a period of sixty days from the date of receipt of a copy of the judgment. M.N. KRISHNAN, JUDGE. ul/-