The respondents are the insurance companypany and the owner of the offending vehicle respectively.
Accordingly, total companypensation was fixed at Rs.1,02,200/ , payable with interest 6 p.a.
from the date of the claim petition till date of deposit by the insurance companypany on behalf of the owner of the offending vehicle.
As 10 loss was caused due to disability, the Tribunal held that the appellant was entitled to Rs.63,000/ towards loss of future income.
The appellant filed a claim petition under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, claiming companypensation to the tune of Rs.4,00,000/ .
It held that as the appellant was a silk weaver, he companyld number have been earning less than Rs.3,500/ per month.
Aggrieved by the companypensation awarded by the Tribunal, the appellant appealed to the High Court of Karnataka at Bangalore.
Thus, it awarded loss of income during laid up period as Rs.10,500/ Rs.3,500 X 3 months .
GANGULY, J. Leave granted.
On 2.09.2002, at about 2.30 pm, the appellant claimant was walking on the Byatarayanapura road near the bus stop, when the driver of a motorcycle bearing number KA 03 X 8591 came and dashed against the appellant, as a result of which the appellant sustained serious head injuries leading to weakness of his right hand and leg.
