1 CGHC010385462023 2026:CGHC:37620 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MAC No. 1955 of 2023 1 - Smt. Uttra Bai W/o Late Shri Shivnath Aged About 33 Years R/o Bombay Atal Awaas, Vindhya Radhini Colony, Ward No. 33, Dhamtari Police Station Dhamtari, District Dhamtari (C.G.) 2 - Kumari Tejashwari Alias Tejaswini D/o Shivnath Aged About 16 Years Caste Satnami, R/o Bombay Atal Awaas, Vindhya Radhini Colony, Ward No. 33, Dhamtari Police Station Dhamtari, District Dhamtari (C.G.) ... Appellants versus 1 - Ritesh Singh S/o Shri Chandradev Singh Aged About 26 Years Through Smt. Mamta Patwa, R/o Village Bhansi, Bajarpara, Police Station Dantewada, District Dantewada (C.G.) (Vehicle Driver) 2 - Smt. Mamta Patwa D/o Rajkishor Patwa Aged About 32 Years R/o Village Bhansi, Bajarpara, Police Station Dantewada, District Dantewada (C.G.) (Vehicle Owner) 3 - Branch Manager The Oriental Insurance Company Limited, Branch Office Hotel Lakshman Avenue, Maharani Hospital Road Jagdalpur District Bastar (C.G.) (Insurance Company) 4 - Smt. Dukalhin W/o Late Surji Aged About 65 Years R/o Ward No. 65, Atal Awas, Dhamtari, District Dhamtari (C.G.) (Grand Mother Of Deceased) --- Respondent(s) SHUBHAM SINGH RAGHUVANSHI Digitally signed by SHUBHAM SINGH RAGHUVANSHI Date: 2026.08.22 15:13:24 +0530 2 For Appellants : Mr. Shikhar Shukla, Advocate For Respondents No.1 & 2 : None For Respondents No.3 : Ms. Arya Shrivastava, Advocate Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal Judgment on Board (21.08.2026) 1. This appeal under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for short the "Act of 1988") has been preferred by the appellants/claimants seeking enhancement of the amount of compensation, challenging the impugned award dated 28.10.2023, passed in Claim Case No.35/2022 by learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Bastar Place Jagdalpur (CG), whereby the learned Claims Tribunal has awarded a total sum of Rs.14,90,800/- as compensation for the death of Sandeep Kumar who was aged about 17 years and died in a road accident which took place on 20.07.2021. 2. Learned counsel for the appellant would submit that the learned Claims Tribunal has erred in awarding lesser amount of compensation in the facts of the case. The Claims Tribunal has assessed the income of the deceased on the lower side and has also awarded lesser amount under other conventional heads, which needs to be enhanced. Therefore, the instant appeal be allowed and the compensation awarded by the Claims Tribunal may suitably be enhanced. 3. Learned counsel for respondent No.3/insurance company would submit that the Claims Tribunal after appreciating oral and documentary evidence available on record rightly 3 awarded the compensation amount. Hence, the compensation awarded by the Claims Tribunal is just and proper and requires no interference. 4. I have heard learned counsel for the parties, considered their rival submissions made herein-above and went through the records with utmost circumspection. 5. In the case at hand, true it is that the learned Tribunal has taken the monthly income of the deceased to be Rs.9000/-, which ought to be Rs.9200/- as per the Chhattisgarh Minimum Wages Notification issued by the office of Labour Commissioner, Chhattisgarh. Furthermore, in other conventional heads the Tribunal has granted only Rs.1,30,000 which ought to be 1,65,000/-, to that extent the impugned award needs to be modified. 6. Thus, in light of the aforesaid discussion and in light of the judgments of the Supreme Court rendered in the matters of National Insurance Company Ltd. V. Pranay Sethi1, Sarla Verma & Ors. Vs. Delhi Transport Corporation & Ors2 and Magma General Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Nanu Ram @ Chuhru Ram & Ors3, this Court is computing the compensation as below:- Sr. No. Heads Compensation awarded by the Tribunal Compensation awarded by this Court 1 Income Rs. 9000 x 12 = 1,08,000/- Rs. 9200 x 12 = 1,10,400/- 2. Future prospect (+)40% (i.e. Rs. 43,200) = 1,51,200/- (+)40% (i.e. Rs. 44,160) = 1,54,560/- 3. Deduction (-) 1/2 (i.e. (-) 1/2 (i.e. 77280) 1 (2017) 16 SCC 680 2 (2009) 6 SCC 121 3 (2018) 18 SCC 130 4 75600) = 75,600/- = 77,280/- 4. Multiplier (x) 18 = 13,60,800/- (x) 18 = 13,91,040/- 5 Other conventional heads Rs. 1,30,000/- Rs. 1,65,000/- (16500+16500+132 000) Total Rs. 14,90,800/- Rs. 15,56,040/- 7. In view of the aforesaid analysis, the amount of compensation of Rs.14,90,800/- awarded by the Claims Tribunal is enhanced to Rs.15,56,040/-. Hence, after deducting the amount of Rs.14,90,800/-, the appellants are held entitled for an additional amount of Rs.65,240/-. The additional amount of compensation shall carry interest @ 6% per annum from filing of the claim application before the Claims Tribunal till its realization. Rest of the conditions of the impugned award shall remain intact. 8. In the result, the appeal is partly allowed and the impugned award is modified to the extent as indicated herein-above. 9. The Registry is directed to communicate the claimants in writing “the enhanced amount” in this appeal as against the award made by the concerned Tribunal. The said communication be made in Hindi Deonagri language and the help of paralegal workers may be availed with a co- ordination of Secretary, Legal Aid of the concerned area wherein the claimants resides. Sd/- (Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal) Judge -Shubham