HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE CHHATTISGARH : BILASPUR {DIVISION BENCH} CORAM : Hon’bie Shri SR. Nayak, CJ Hon’ble Shri satish K. Agnihotri, J. Misc. Appeal No. 767 OF 2005 APPELLANTS 1. Smt. Puni Bai, wd/o Late Mahajan Sahu, CLAIMANT aged about 50 years. 2. Ramnath Sahu, S/o Late Mahajan Sahu, Aged about 25 years, Both R/o Through Rajkumar Sahu, Kansa Chowk, Opposite Shitaia Mandir, Tikrapara Bilaspur, Tahsil and Distt. Bilaspur (6.6.) Versus 1. Shivshankar Dubey, S/o Late GP. Dubey, R/o Kata, at present R/o Vin. Masturi, (Police lnspectar Police Chowki Pachpedi. RS. Masturi, District Biiaspur (cs) 2. United India insurance Co. Ltd. Biiaspur. Through Branch Manager Biiaspur, Tahsii and District Biiaspur (C.G.) Present: Mr. Gautam Khetrapal, ieamed counsel for appeliants. Mr. Ali Asgar, learned counsel assisting Mr. Prashant Jayaswal, Sr. Advocate for respondent No. 2. iv, ORAL ORDER (Passed on 15‘“ of December 2005) The following order of the court was passed by SR. Nayak, CJ. in this appeal preferred by the widow and son of the deceased seeking more compensation, what was urged before us is that what is awarded by the MACT towards loss of consortium ‘is very, much on lower side. it was also contended that the MACT is not justified in not awarding any compensation towards loss to estate and towards funeral expenses. We find merit in the contention of Ieamed counsel for the appeHants. Even the compensation to be awarded by the MACT under the conventional heads should reflect time and place of the accident and the steep fall in money value and it could not be static. The MACT would not be justified in awarding compensation under the conventional heads at the same rates at which they were awarded decades back. ln that view of the matter, we award a sum of Rs. 20,000/- towards loss of consortium and another sum of Rs. 20,000/- towards loss to estate and Rs. 5,000l- towards funeral expenses. The impugned award shall stand modified accordingly. ln all other respects, the impugned award shall stand unaltered. ln the facts and circumstances of the case, the parties shall bear their respective costs. \, 1/( _2v. The appeal is allowed to the above extent. S/ d— i- K >2; sassh K. Agnihotn . a» Judge t m ‘il i I . we