FAO No.3184 of 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.3184 of 2010 Date of Decision : 11.08.2011 Gurdev Singh .......Appellant Versus Ranbir Singh and another .......Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA CHAUHAN Present: None for the appellant. Mr. Puneet Sharma, Advocate, for the Insurance Company. **** JITENDRA CHAUHAN, J. (ORAL) The claimant-appellant is in appeal against the Award dated 4.08.2009, passed by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Karnal, seeking enhancement of the amount of compensation. A perusal of the file would reveal that the appellant, driver by profession, was 32 years of age at the time of the accident. He suffered multiple and grievous injuries on his person including multiple fractures. He remained admitted in the hospital from 18.8.2006 to 16.9.2006. The follow-up treatment was continuing till the date of filing of the claim petition before the learned Tribunal. He suffered permanent disability to the extent of 19%. 1 FAO No.3184 of 2010 Keeping in view the age, extent of injuries suffered, duration of hospitalization, etc., this Court feels that the compensation awarded under the head ‘pain and suffering’ is inadequate. After considering all the evidence on record, this Court feels that the ends of justice would be met in case the compensation under the head ‘pain and suffering’ is enhanced by `15,000/-. I order accordingly. Furthermore, the learned Tribunal has not awarded any amount of compensation under the head ‘transportation’. Accordingly, an amount of `5,000/- is granted to the appellant. Thus, in all, the amount enhanced comes to ` 20,000/- (`15,000/- towards ‘pain and suffering’ + `5,000/- towards ‘transportation). The award against the other heads is just and adequate. If the enhanced amount of ` 20,000/-, is not paid within 45 days from today, the appellants shall be entitled to interest at the rate of 6% p.a. from the date of filing the appeal till its payment. Accordingly, the present appeal is partly allowed and the award of the learned Tribunal is modified to the extent indicated above. ( JITENDRA CHAUHAN ) 11.08.2011 JUDGE atulsethi Note: Whether to be referred to reporter ? Yes/No 2