Rukmin Pandurang Shinde and Ors. v. the Divisional Controller Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation Osmanabad and Anr.
Motor Vehicles Act – Compensation – Legal heirs
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench (Rajnish R. Vyas, J., 23 January 2026) - Civil Application No. 5028 of 2024 in First Appeal No. 534 of 2018 under the Motor Vehicles Act: entitlement of surviving legal heirs (applicant Nos. 1 and 6) to the deposited compensation after the deaths of legal heirs Gajrabai and Rohidas; earlier Civil Application No.9399 of 2022 allowed on 19.09.2024; present application allowed in terms of prayer clause (b) without opposition from counsel for the original appellant; applicants represented by Kolpe Mahendra B., Respondent No.1 by A.B. Dhongade.
What did the court decide?
Civil application allowed in terms of prayer clause (b). ¶22