JSgFORE THE HON'BLE HIGH GOURT OF CHHATnSGARhUV]C BILASPUR MISC. APPEAL rd No. lQo9 /2011 APPELLANTS /: £l.AIMANTS ««» ^S.^-"'I,S<V*'^" ....'-<' rt^;^"^.-<^' e3^w' ^a>&'" ^ -v) cv A. Smt. Yogeshwari Bai, Wd/o Late KhileshwarTandan, Aged about 32 Years, 2. Ku. Purnima, </ D/o Late KhileshwarTandan, Aged about 11 Years, a.Mohit, -^ S/o Late KhileshwarTandan, Aged about 9 Years, 4. Kuldeep, S/o Late KhileshwarTandan, Aged about 2 years, 5'. Sandeep, '' S/o Late KhileshwarTandan, Aged about 5 years, 6,. Ku. Chandani, D/o Late Khileshwar Tandan, Aged about 3 years, 7. Pradeep, •'' S/o Late Khileshwar Tandan, Aged about 1 years, 8. Sukalu Ram, S/o Late NoharTandan, Aged about 65 years, (Now dead) 9. Santra Bai, Wd/o Sukalu Tandan, Ag'ed about 64 years, Appellants No. 2 to 7 being rninors <l'represented by their natural guardian & mother appellant No. 1 Smt. Yogeshwari Bai, Wd/o Late Khileshwar Tandan,, AU R/o Village- Mohbhattha, P.0. . Hathband, District- Raipur (C.G.) 'J^^ VERSUS MSPPNJ3ENTS: MON-APPLICANTS ,. Domendra Singh @ Dinesh, S/o Govind Das Mahilang, R/o Village Baloda Bazar (Near Purani Basti Anand Talkies), P.0. &Thana Baloda Bazar, Tehsil & District- Raipur, (C.G.) '. Sunil KumarAgrawal, S/o R.K. Agrawal, R/o Bazar Para Ratanpur, P.0. & Tana Ratanpur, District Bilaspur (C.G.) 3L The Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. Through- Divisional Manager, Division No.l,. The Oriental Insurance Company Limited, Jail Road, Raipur, Tehsil & District- Raipur, (C.G.) APl^EAL UNDER SECTION 173 OF MOTOR VEHICLE ACT. 1988 f.fiR ENHANCMENT DF COMPENSATION AMOUNT ft( ajg" <'••' /•>Ste. (^ ua/^i ni^5! COURT OF C! ^v/wr^! wr wi iATTI^^AgtU AT'gSII A<Sg3U! 1^6 i i-S^^n.n ^i i CTii«in3r:'^r M'.sc. ABReal (Cl Ni _iui_E 1008 of 2011 flnapi i AMTI j'n.i-rE-i.^Mi^ CLAiMANTS RESPO?4DENTS Smt. Yoaeshvvari Bai S others. Versus Domendra Sinah 6>. Dinesh & others. MisceiianeQuS apRea! underSection 173 oftiie iVSotor VehidesAct, 1988 S.B: Hon'bte Justics h A anvai Present : ihri Safy'endra Sahu, cou'nsei for the appellants. ARD (26.09.2011) U/<—»-.ftl-^" ! A nl^ 4 f^>f°\^ 4 i'rKi^U ;<•* /s^ -s.-^.l.^^-l-^^ ^^ ^n^_-J.A«»/*4;A". nsscsiiu ^n s.rt. r^y.i/^.us i wiuuu iis <an apiJii^aLiUU (yi ^Uiiuuiiai.iiuif OT asiay in Tinny luc spp^ai. 2. On due consideraS'on, 1 am satisfied Shat the sppellants are succeeded in expiaining the cause of de!ay in flling the appea! and, thsrefore, the s.ppilcation {!.A. No.1/2011} is allowed. Deiay in fiiing th< 'appea! is condoned. 3. H$ard on ^dnilsslon. 4. This is claimants sppea! for enhancemenS of compensation awarded by the 1 ° Addiiionai Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Ratpur (for short 'the Tribunal') 'y'ide av»'arddated 10.11.2010, passed r^-i^t iil o 5. aim Case No.64/2009. As sgalnst the compensation of Rs.6,47,000/- claimed by wife, minor children and parents of-deceased Khiieshwar Tandan by filing clalm petition under Section 168 of the Ivlotor Vehicies Act for his death In the motor accident on 07.12.2008, the iearned Tribuna! avvarded a total sum of Rs.4,70,300/- as compensatlon aiong with interest @ 6% per annum from the dats of filing of the claim tii! the date ot actual payment. VVIU I 6. Learned Tribunal, on a ciose scrutiny ofthe evidence !ed before It, held; t.he accident had occurred due to rash and negligent driving of offendlng vehicle iVlaruti car bearing registration No. CG 0,10/ZD/1 367 /^'. ^ W) '^ '^s1'.^ ';tte, '^ ^?' r '^S3^;.,-TgsS^' by its duV8F 1,6. rSSpOHdcHt NO. 1^ d^C93S8d i\hIiS3hyV3r TSHdSH ul6d on account of injuries sustained by him in the said accident; rsspondsnt No. S/insurancs Company liab!8 for psymsiit 0; compensation as it couid not estabiish the violati'on of poiicy conditions; assssssd and avv'ardsd aforessid amount of compensatlon in favour of the appe!lan{s/claimants. th. 7. Shri Ssty'cndra Sshu; Isarnsd counssi sppssrlny for appelisnts wouid submit: the iearned Tribunal has erred in assessing monthly income of the decsased as Rs.3,OOQ/- per month and, thus has falien In error in awarding iowamount ofcompensation. V ^t*^ 8. i have heard learned counsel for the appe!!ants and perused $he record of She Tribuna! includiriy impugned award. 9. True; as per clalm petition the deccased was working as Opsfator In Div'y'8 Fltting Shuttcr Comps.ny; Urls and Vv'ss ssrnlny Rs.4,500/- per month but neither saisry certificate was produced nor cogent and clinchiny svidence "vvas adduced {o substantiate the obove p!ea, therefore, 1 do not flnd any infirmity in the approach of the Tribuna! In discardiny the plea of appeilants vvith regard to monfhi'y income of the deceased. y. Fhe learned Tribuna! on its o'w'n estimate has assessed the income of the deceased as Rs.3,000/- per month and Rs.36,000/- per annum. The Tribunal liberally deducted oniy 1/5'" ofthe income ofthe deccassd to'vv'ards his psrsonsi sxpsnsss and ssscsssd claimants dependency at Rs.28,800/- per annum. Looking to the age of dficsascd as 35 years at She {ime of accidsnt; th6 Tribuna! appiied muitipiier of 1-6, which is also in consonance v/ith the dicSum of iupreme Court in csse of Sar tf* rniu <a and oth^rsVs. Delhj Transoort Corooratlon and another reDorted in (2009) 6 wnrtai e erT» 'io'* Otrf^ I.& S ^f ^f\ */*. OC i."s-s-^ '!4;^i.^- ^f ^f^ ^-S^ t'.AA! 'vvhfirgin for ths s.y6 group of 30 to 35 ysars, multipllsr 01 16 has bssn prescribed by the Apex Court and, thus, the Tribuna! has a'«vard Rs.4,60,800/- as compensation to the cisimants. Learned Tribunal has further swarded a sum of Rs.9,500/- on other heads and thus .<•.-/ av»'arded totaj amount of comp^nsation to She tune of Rs.4,70,300/- aiong Vv'ith interest @ 6% per annum from thc date o.f appiication ti!! its >,+ 3CTU31 payrpeHT. .,^"!?!iEsi^^ -a£se-s| j '^e.^./ 'v ^.;' 11 The amount of compensatJors of Rs.4,70,300/- av/arded by the Tribuna! vv'hen examined in the lighf of above broad features of the case, i do not find any scope for enhancement of the compensation awarded bythe Tribunal. 12. The appea! filed by the appeilants/cJaimants for enhancement ofthe compensatloF'i, therefore, faiis and is hereby dismissed. 13. No ordsr ss to costs. Sd/- N.K.Agarwal Judge ,/: r