KANNAN Vs. THANGAPANDIAN AND OTHERS

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal has been filed against the judgment and decree dated 18.04.2012 made in MCOP.No.125 of 2011 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Authority, (Chief Judicial Magistrate), Tirunelveli.

(2.) In an accident which occurred on 22.01.2011, the appellant/claimant sustained following injuries:-

(3.) Learned counsel for the appellant would submit that though the claimant claimed the monthly income as Rs. 7,000/-, the learned Judge fixed the same at Rs. 3,000/- is meagre and requires enhancement. Further, as per the judgment of this Court in National Insurance Company Limited v. G.Ramesh, reported in 2013 (2) TN MAC 583 , the learned Judge ought to have awarded Rs. 3,000/- for each percentage of disability instead of Rs. 2,000/- awarded. Apart from the above, the compensation under the heads pain and sufferings and transport expenses is meagre and requires enhancement.