The costs of repairing the motorcycle, estimated at $10,000 to $15,000, and rental car were covered by insurance, but Mehta had only $1200 to offer for emotional harm reparation.
Judge Callaghan asked Mr Whiting: "Have you read the victim impact statement?
"You better have a look at it because $600 per person for these injuries is not acceptable."
Judge Callaghan stood the matter down twice yesterday to give it further consideration, then adjourned it to this morning so Mr Whiting could try to check Mehta's travel insurance liability terms.
Mr Whiting told Judge Callaghan today he had been unable to contact the company, but a check of its website had led him to conclude it was unlikely to pay out on a claim.
He proposed a "trust arrangement" in which Mehta paid $1200 immediately for emotional harm, with the balance to be paid in monthly instalments after they returned to India.
Judge Callaghan ordered reparation payments of $1000 to Mr Kakau and $2000 to Ms Dickson. The payment to Mr Kakau and $200 of the payment to Ms Dickson were payable immediately; the $1800 balance would be paid in monthly $100 instalments.
He also disqualified Mehta from driving for six months.
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