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T. G. SHIVASHANKARE GOWDA
Branch Manager Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
Prafulla U Shetty – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
In these two appeals, the Insurance Company is questioning assessment of compensation, whereas the petitioner is seeking enhancement of compensation.
2. For the sake of convenience, the rank of the parties shall be referred to as per their status before the Tribunal.
3. Brief facts of the case are, one Umanath Shetty, the deceased, who is the husband of the petitioner, on 30.04.2008 at 8.00 a.m. while walking by the side of the road at NH-17 near Punkedadi in Yermal village, Udupi taluk, a lorry bearing Reg.No.KA-46-145 came from Mangalore side and dashed against him, due to which he sustained head injuries, he has taken treatment at Hi-tech Hospital, Udupi under hospitalization for three days. Thereafter from 04.06.2008 to 13.06.2008 at Jupiter Hospital Thane, thereafter he was admitted to SDM Ayurveda Hospital from 21.07.2008 to 29.07.2008, 05.09.2008 to 21.09.2008 and 24.09.2008 to 04.10.2008. He was also treated at Adarsh Hospital, Udupi between 04.10.2008 to 18.10.2008 and ultimately on 02.12.2008 the deceased succumbed to death.
3.1. The petitioner claiming that she has spent Rs.2,20,000/-towards treatment, the deceased was an agriculturist earning Rs.9,000/-per month,
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