SRI KRISHNA VISHWESHWAR HEDE Vs. GENERAL MANAGER KSRTC

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Leave granted. Heard the learned counsel for the appellant.

(2.) The appellant claimed a compensation of Rs. 5,00,000 for injuries sustained by him in a motor accident on 9.8.1985, that is a collision between the motor cycle driven by him and a bus belonging to Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (for short 'K.S.R.T.C.').

(3.) K.S.R.T.C, the owner of the bus challenged the said award by filing an appeal. The High Court allowed the appeal in part and increased the liability of the appellant for the accident to 75 per cent and reduced the liability of the bus driver to 25 per cent. Consequently, it arrived at the compensation as Rs. 58,063 and rounded it off to Rs. 60,000. Feeling aggrieved, the claimant-appellant is before us.