HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS APPEAL No.978 of 2003 ORAL JUDGMENT: Heard. Challenging the quantum of compensation awarded by II Additional District Judge-cum-Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Kadapa (for brevity “the Tribunal”), in O.P.No.1198 of 2001, by the order, dated 31.08.2002, wherein and whereunder a sum of Rs.1,65,000/- was awarded as compensation for the injuries suffered by the petitioner therein, who was a boy aged about 5 years, in a road accident that occurred on 03.10.2001, the United India Insurance Company Limited filed the present Civil Miscellaneous Appeal. The particulars as regards the manner and method in which the accident occurred, the aspect of rash and negligence, etc., are not in dispute and hence, they are not referred to. In the said accident, the minor boy sustained fracture of neck humerus and loss of muscle on the left shoulder. The permanent disability was estimated at 50% as per Ex.A-3-disability certificate issued by the doctor. There is no reason for this Court to disbelieve the evidence on record in order to arrive at a different conclusion than the one arrived at by the Tribunal. However, the rate of interest granted by the Tribunal on the compensation is slightly on higher side and the same is reduced to 7.5% per annum. In the result, the appeal is allowed in part, reducing the rate of interest on the amount awarded by the Tribunal from 9% per annum to 7.5% per annum from the date of filing of the petition till the date of realization. However, there shall be no order as to costs. ______________________ JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA 26th August 2010 dr