HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA Civil Miscellaneous Appeal No. 1113 of 2006 Dated 17th November, 2011. BETWEEN G.Samba Siva Rao … Appellant And Union of India, represented by General Manager, South Central Railway, Secunderabad. ….Respondent. HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS APPEAL No. 1113 of 2006 JUDGMENT: The appellant has ﬁled the present appeal impugning the Award dated 10.11.2006 passed by the Railway claims Tribunal, Secunderabad Bench, at Secunderabad in OAA.No. 327 of 2006, vide which, the appellant was awarded a sum of Rs.10,000/- as compensation for the injuries suffered by him. Brieﬂy stated the facts of the case are that: the appellant while traveling by Train No. 415—Delta Passenger from Vemuru to Secunderabad, due to derailment of some bogies of the said train between Valigonda and Ramannapet on the early morning hours of 29.10.2005 , he suﬀered multiple injuries all over the body, including loss of memory. Pursuant to the claim application ﬁled by the appellant, the Railway Tribunal awarded compensation of Rs.10,000/-. Being dissatisﬁed with the same, the appellant ﬁled the present appeal. The learned Counsel for the appellant submitted that the appellant had suﬀered multiple injuries and as a result of which, he lost memory and therefore the compensation awarded by the Tribunal is meager and the same is required to be enhanced. In support of his contentions, he placed reliance on Exs.A.1 and A.2. On the other hand, the learned Standing Counsel for the respondent-railway submitted that the appellant suﬀered only simple oozes and that the injuries are minor in nature and therefore enhancement of compensation further more is not required. A perusal of Exs.A.1 and A.2 would show that the appellant had undergone treatment in Sailaja Memoraial Srinivasa Nursing Home, Tenali, on 3.11.2005 for multiple injures suﬀered by him and remained admitted in the said hospital for some time. If the appellant would have received simple injuries and suﬀered only oozes, then he would not have remained admitted in the aforesaid private hospital. The evidence on record would show that the appellant suffered multiple injuries all over the body. In this view of the matter, the compensation awarded by the tribunal is on lower side. Keeping in view the injuries suﬀered as well as the appellant remain admitted in a private hospital for more than ten days, the compensation awarded by the Tribunal is enhanced from Rs.10,000/- to Rs.30,000/-. The said enhanced amount shall be paid to the appellant with interest at 6% per annum from the date of ﬁling the appeal till the date of realization. The Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is partly allowed to the extent indicated above. There shall be no order as to costs. ---------------------------------- ---- JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA Dated 17th November, 2011. Msnro