R S R T C Vs. KUMARI KIRANBALA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation, Jaipur has filed this appeal against the Award of the learned Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Bikaner dated 28. 2. 1984 passed in case No. 2 of 1981.

(2.) KUMARI Kiranbala has filed cross-objections for increase of the amount of compensation allowed by the learned Tribunal.

(3.) ACCORDING to the statement of P. W. 3 Dr. R. N. Mathur, he examined the girl on 9. 8. 1980 and found two lacerated wounds on her thighs. He has done screen grafting. Whether there was a fracture or not has not been established by this Doctor. He has advised Kumari Kiranbala to get operations con-ducted. Her both thighs have been disfigured permanently. ACCORDING to the Doctor, the chances of her marriage have also become very dim and difficult. The statement of the Doctor has been recorded in Hindi Deonagari script. The Court has used the word (ck;ok) but Mr. Singhi is correct when he submits that it must be (C;ko) ' (Marriage) as (ck;ok) in the context makes no sense, (C;ko) is a Marwari word and it has been written in Hindi Deonagari script and it means 'marriage' in English language. Mr. Singhi submits that the girl has not been able to marry till now and her thighs have been permanently disfigured. The Doctor has verified that she cannot sit properly and she will not be able to sit with cross-legs (ikyksrh ). She can sit on her heals ( ). This evidence is unrebutted and corroborated by oral evidence.