IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARUN-UL-RASHID MONDAY, THE 15TH SEPTEMBER 2008 / 24TH BHADRA 1930 MACA.No. 567 of 2006() ---------------------- OPMV.329/2000 of MOTOR ACCIDENT CLAIMS TRIBUNAL, IRINJALAKUDA .................... APPELLANT/PETITIONER. -------------------------------------- JOHNSON, S/O.VARU, KAVUNGAL HOUSE, KUTTIKKAD PO, MUKUNDAPURAM TALUK, THRISSUR DIST. BY ADV. SRI.P.V.BABY SRI.A.N.SANTHOSH RESPONDENTS: RESP0NDENTS. ------------------------- 1. JAMES KAVUNGAL, KAVUNGAL HOUSE, KUTTIKKAD P.O. 2. POULOSE, S/O.VARU, KAVUNGAL HOUSE, KUTTIKKAD. 3. THE MANAGER, UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO.LTD., SOUTH JUNCTION, CHALAKKUDY. BY ADV. SRI.PMM.NAJEEB KHAN FOR R3 THIS MOTOR ACCIDENT CLAIMS APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 15/09/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR & HARUN-UL-RASHID, JJ. .................................................................... M.A.C.A. No.567 of 2006 .................................................................... Dated this the 15th day of September, 2008. JUDGMENT Ramachandran Nair, J. The appeal is filed for enhancement of compensation for the injury sustained by the appellant in a road accident. Counsel for the appellant contended that income fixed at Rs.1,500/- per month is inadequate because appellant was an Electrician by profession and had long experience in the work. Even though there was no tenable proof of income produced by the appellant, we feel some enhancement is called for because the percentage of disability was also reduced by the MACT. Considering the nature of injuries sustained, we enhance the total compensation from Rs.38,822/- to rupees fifty thousand with direction to the Insurance Company to deposit the additional compensation with interest at 7.5% p.a. from date of application till date of payment. The appeal stands allowed to the above extent. C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR Judge HARUN-UL-RASHID Judge pms