1 MAC No. 440 of 2019 2026:CGHC:15232 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MAC No. 440 of 2019  Durga Prasad Sahu S/o Late Sh. Balmukund Sahu Aged About 45 Years, R/o Sirgitti District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh. ... Appellant versus 1. Ravi Shankar Sahu S/o Late Shyam Bihari Sahu, Aged About 21 Years, R/o Ward No.6 Near Shiv Mandir Yadav Nager Tifra Thana Sirgitti District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh...............................Driver Cum Owner Of The Offending Motor Cycle No. CG 10/Z/5167). 2. Branch Manager, ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Limited, Branch Office- Office No. So- 52nd Floor- V R Plaza Link Road Vidya Nager Bilaspur Chhattisgarh..........................Insurer Of The Offending Motor Cycle No. C G 10/Z/5167. ... Respondents For Appellant :- Mr. A.L. Singroul, Advocate. For Respondent No.2 :- Animesh Pathak, Advocate, appears on behalf of Mr. P. Acharya, Advocate. SB- Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal Judgment On Board 02.04.2026 1. Heard on I.A. No.1, application for condonation of delay in filing the appeal. 2. On due consideration, application is allowed and the delay of 402 days in fining the instant appeal is condoned. ANKIT KUMAR SINGH Digitally signed by ANKIT KUMAR SINGH 2 MAC No. 440 of 2019 3. With the consent of parties, the matter is heard finally. 4. This appeal under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for short “Act of 1988”) has been preferred by the appellant/injured claimant seeking enhancement in the amount of compensation, challenging the impugned award dated 09.10.2017 passed by the IXth Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh (for short “Claims Tribunal”) in Claim Case No. 123/2016 whereby learned Claims Tribunal has allowed the claimant’s application and awarded a sum of 2,06,000/- ₹ as compensation along with interest. 5. Mr. A.L. Singroul, learned counsel for the claimants, would submit that learned Claims Tribunal has erred in awarding less amount of compensation in the facts of the present cases. He would also submit that the Claims Tribunal has not calculated the income of the appellant and future prospect as well as multiplier has not been used by the Claims Tribunal while granting compensation and, therefore, the appeal filed by the claimants be allowed and the compensation awarded by the Claims Tribunal may suitably be enhanced. 6. Mr. Animesh Pathak, learned counsel for the Insurance Company, would submit oppose the prayer made by learned counsel for the claimants and submit that the amount of compensation awarded by 3 MAC No. 440 of 2019 the Claims Tribunal is just and proper which does not call for any interference. 7. I have heard learned counsel for the parties, considered their rival submissions made herein above and gone through the records meticulously. 8. Learned Claims Tribunal has not assessed the income of claimant and ₹60,000/-; 10,000/- awarded under the heads of disability and ₹ transportation and in total 2,06,000/- has been awarded by the ₹ Claims Tribunal to the claimant. As such, the compensation amount is liable to be enhanced and amount is liable to the granted under the other heads. 9. Thus, in light of the aforesaid discussion this Court is computing the compensation as below:- Sr. No. Heads Compensation awarded by the Tribunal Compensation awarded by this Court 1. Income NIL ₹6,000 x 12 = 72,000/- ₹ 2. Future Prospect NIL (+)25% = 18,000/- ₹ total = 90,000/- ₹ 3. Multiplier NIL (x) 14 = 12,60,000/- ₹ 4. Disability 40% = 60,000/- ₹ 40% =5,04,000/- 5. Transporting Expenses ₹10,000/- 10,000/- ₹ 6. Loss of Income during the treatment NIL 18,000/- ₹ 7. Pain & suffering NIL 25,000/- ₹ 8. Special Diet NIL ₹5,000/- 4 MAC No. 440 of 2019 9. Attendant NIL 5,000/- ₹ 10. Mental Agony NIL 5,000/- ₹ 11. Medical Expenses ₹1,36,000/- 1,36,000/- ₹ 12. Amenities NIL 5,000/- ₹ Total ₹2,06,000/ - ₹7,13,000 /- 10. In view of the aforesaid analysis, the amount of compensation of ₹2,06,000/- awarded by the Claims Tribunal is enhanced to ₹7,13,000 /-. Hence, after deducting the amount of ₹2,06,000/-, the appellant/claimant is held to be entitled to an additional amount of 5,07,000/- ₹ . The concerned respondent is directed to deposit the amount of compensation as enhanced by this Court within a period of three months from the date of receipt of copy of this order. The additional amount of compensation shall carry interest @7.5% per annum from the date of filing of claim application before the Tribunal till its realization. Rest of the conditions of the impugned award shall remain intact. 11. Accordingly, this appeal is allowed in part and the impugned award is modified to the extent as indicated herein-above. Sd/- (Sanjay K. Agrawal) Judge Ankit