IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.N.KRISHNAN WEDNESDAY, THE 29TH SEPTEMBER 2010 / 7TH ASWINA 1932 MACA.No. 1415 of 2010() ----------------------- OPMV.148/2006 of MOTOR ACCIDENT CLAIMS TRIBUNAL, MANJERI .................... APPELLANT(S): PETITIONER: --------------------------------------------- RAJAN NAIR, S/O.RAMANKUTTY, ALLIKKAL HOUSE, P.O.MANKADA, MANKADA AMSOM DESOM, PERINTHALMANNA TALUK, MALAPPURM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.P.VENUGOPAL RESPONDENT(S): RESPONDENTS: ---------------------------------------------------- 1. P.V.PRADHEESH, S/O.P.V.NARAYANAN, PUTHEN VEETIL HOUSE, P.O.VELLILA VIA MANKADA, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT-679 324. 2. P.RAMAN @ UNNIKUTTY, S/O.AYYAPPAN, PALATHINGAL HOUSE, P.O.VELLILA VIA MANKADA, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT-679 324. 3. UNITED INDIA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED BRANCH OFFICE, PERINTALMANNA, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT REPRESENTED BY ITS BRANCH MANAGER-679 322. R3 BY ADV. SMT.RAJI T.BHASKAR THIS MOTOR ACCIDENT CLAIMS APPEAL HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 29/09/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: Kss M.N. KRISHNAN, J. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = M.A.C.A. NO. 1415 OF 2010 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Dated this the 29th day of September, 2010. J U D G M E N T This appeal is preferred against the award of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Manjeri in O.P.(MV) 148/06. The claimant, a 55 year old manual labourer, sustained injuries in a road accident and the Tribunal awarded him a compensation of Rs.25,600/- with 7% interest. It is against that decision the claimant has come up in appeal for enhancement. 2. Heard. A perusal of the document would reveal that the claimant was treated as an inpatient in the hospital from 21.6.05 to 23.6.05. He was treated in the private hospital called Moulana Hospital at Perinthalmanna. He had sustained dento alveolar fracture of 4 teeth. All the four teeth were extracted. I am granting the following additional compensation as follows. M.A.C.A. 1415 OF 2010 -:2:- 3. For pain and sufferings I award Rs.2,000/- more, for the extraction of four teeth, an additional compensation of Rs.4,000/- is awarded, towards loss of earnings I award a further sum of Rs.2,500/- and considering the fact that four teeth were extracted that he would not have been in a position to swallow solid food therefore for extra nutritious food I award Rs.1,500/- thus making an additional compensation of Rs.10,000/-. 4. In the result the MACA is partly allowed and the claimant is awarded an additional compensation of Rs.10,000/- 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/-