SUBHASH CHANDER Vs. PUNJAB STATE THROUGH GENERAL

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE claim in appeal here is for enhanced compensation. The claimant being Subhash Chander who sustained injuries when while driving his scooter, he was involved in an accident with the bus PUK-6068 coming from the opposite direction. This happened at about 10 P.M. on March 18, 1982 on the Mohali-Chandigarh Road. It was the finding of the Tribunal that the bus-driver was wholly to blame for the accident. A sum of Rs. 8,000/- was awarded as compensation to Subhash Chander.

(2.) A reference to the evidence on record would show that the claimant-Subhash Chander was about 33 years of age at the time of this accident When he came into the witness box, it was the testimony of the claimant that in this accident, he sustained injuries on his head, shoulder and foot and he remained admitted in the Post Graduate Medical Institute, Chandigarh for 5 days and then Spent four months at home in bed with his leg in plaster. He also deposed that he has constant pain in his right foot and he cannot put it straight. His right hand too, he stated, does not function normally. According to him, he spent about Rs. 6,000/- on his medicines and conveyance charges. Besides this, he claimed that he had suffered a loss of Rs. 8,000/- in earnings being a typist in his typing institute.

(3.) IT may be mentioned here that in appeal, an application for additional evidence had also been filed with a view to show the present physical condition of the claimant with reference to the injuries suffered by him in this accident. This application was, however, not pressed.