THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS APPEAL No.2297 of 2003 ORAL JUDGMENT: Heard both sides. Challenging the quantum of compensation, awarded by the District Judge-cum-Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Nizamabad (for brevity “the Tribunal”), in O.P.No.374 of 1998, granting a sum of Rs.85,000/- towards compensation for the injuries sustained by the petitioner therein, in a road accident that occurred on 28.09.1997, the Oriental Insurance Company Limited filed the present Civil Miscellaneous Appeal. The particulars of the accident and the aspect of negligence etc., are not in dispute and hence, they are not referred to. The only dispute is as regards the quantification of compensation vis-à-vis the injuries sustained by the claimant. As per Ex.A-3-wound certificate, the claimant sustained lacerated wounds over the left eyebrow and on right side of chin, and there is sub conjunctive haemorrhage and loss of one tooth. The Tribunal, basing on the medical evidence and other circumstances, had assessed the compensation to be paid to the claimant as Rs.85,000/-. But, in my considered view, having regard to the nature of the injuries sustained by the claimant, the said quantification is excessive. Accordingly, I deem it appropriate to fix the compensation at Rs.75,000/-, which would be just and reasonable. With the said modification, the appeal is allowed in part, to the extent indicated above. However, there shall be no order as to costs. ______________________ JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA 12th August 2010 dr