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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
JOBIN SEBASTIAN, J
SURAJ.S. – Appellant
Versus
CHITHRA KUMAR – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. facts surrounding the motor accident and the resulting claims. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4) |
| 2. arguments presented regarding compensation adequacy. (Para 6) |
| 3. court's reasoning in assessing compensation based on disabilities and suffering. (Para 7 , 8 , 9 , 10) |
| 4. court's final decision instructing compensation disbursement by insurance. (Para 11) |
JUDGMENT
The petitioner in O.P.(M.V.) No. 1975 of 2015 on the file of the Additional Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Ernakulam, has preferred this appeal seeking enhancement of compensation awarded by the tribunal on account of the injuries sustained by him in a motor accident that occurred on 25.04.2015.
2. The case of the petitioner in brief is as follows:-
On 25.04.2015, at about 11.00 a.m., while the petitioner was travelling as a pillion rider in a motorcycle bearing registration No. KL-39-E-3325, driven by the 2nd respondent in a rash and negligent manner along the Munnar–Koviloor road and reached at Mattupetty, the said motorcycle collided with a goods autorickshaw bearing registration No.KL-06-E-3554, driven by the 4th respondent in a rash and negligent manner. Due to the impact of the collision, the petitioner sustained se
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