V.CHITAMBARESH, R.BASANT
Chellammal – Appellant
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Badarudeen Alias Babu – Respondent
R. Basant, J.
1. Claimants are the appellants. They are the mother aged 62 years and siblings of the deceased, a young man aged 23 years on the date of the accident, i.e. on 25th April, 2002. He succumbed to the injury suffered in that accident. Against a total claim of limited to Rs. 6 lakhs, Tribunal awarded an amount of Rs. 1.5 lakhs as compensation as per the details given in paragraph 9 of the impugned award which we extract below.
Sl.No.
Head of claim
Amount claimed (in rupees)
Amount awarded (in rupees)
1
Transportation and ambulance expenses
Rs. 3500/-
3500/-
2
Damage to clothing
Rs. 500/-
Rs. 500/-
3
Pain and sufferings
Rs. 20000/-
Rs. 10000/-
4
Loss of dependency
Rs. 6,00,000/-
Rs. 1,26,000/-
5
Funeral expenses
Rs. 5000/-
Rs. 4000/-
6
Loss of estate, etc.
Rs. 75000/-
Rs. 5000/-
7
Extra nourishment
Rs. 2000/-
500/-
8
Bystander's expenses
Rs. 1000/-
Rs. 500/-
9
Total
Rs. 7,17,000/-
Rs. 1,50,000/-
(limited to Rs. 6,00,000/- )
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