The Branch Manager v. Kristana S/O Pundalik Nayak and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Karnataka; motor accident compensation; two appeals (insurer and claimant) against MACT award; learner's licence; breach of policy conditions; liability of insurer; just compensation; disability assessment error; enhancement/re-determination of compensation under structured heads; interest on enhanced compensation; fixed deposit and loan-restriction directions; disbursement of amount in deposit; source text severely corrupted (mojibake), deciphered via glyph-substitution; figures, dates and names illegible.
What did the court decide?
Insurer's appeal dismissed (deposit therein to be transmitted to the Tribunal for disbursement); claimant's appeal allowed in part with compensation re-determined/enhanced and payable with accrued interest through the Tribunal, subject to fixed-deposit directions; specific monetary figures, dates and case numbers are illegible in the corrupted source and are not stated.