KARNATAKA HIGH COURT - PRINCIPAL BENCH AT BENGALURU
T.CHANDRA – Appellant
Versus
NARASAREDDY S – Respondent
In respect of an accident which is not in dispute and the
liability of the insurer to satisfy the compensation is also not in
dispute, the Tribunal has awarded the following sums:
Sl.No.
Heads of Compensation
Amount in Rs.
Towards pain and agony
(fracture of mid face-leforts)
40,000-00
Towards
medical
expenses
of
Rs.2,25,361/- + Attendant charges,
food and nourishment
2,35,000-00
3.
Towards loss of income during the
course of treatment (for 3 months)
18,000-00
4.
Towards Conveyance
10,000-00
5.
Towards
unhappiness
due
to
disfiguration
50,000-00
Total
3,53,000-00
In awarding the above sums, the Tribunal has come
to the conclusion that the notional income of the claimant was
to be determined at Rs.6,000/- per month. The Tribunal has
however, not awarded any amount towards loss of future
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income on the ground that the disability suggested by the
doctor was in relation to disfigurement of the claimant's face
and therefore the claimant would not be entitled to any sum.
3.
The doctor, who had deposed on behalf of the
claimant has stated that as a result of the fracture to his facial
bones, the claimant would have difficulty in consuming his food
and therefore he had facial disa
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