In this appeal under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, the High Court examined a challenge to the compensation award of Rs. 5,90,000/- granted by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal. The Court found the award just and proper.
The appeal filed by the claimants against the award dated 27.07.2016 was dismissed.
This page shows the compact analysis of this judgement. The full analysis — procedural history, issue-by-issue holdings with ratio and obiter, advocates, and paragraph-level evidence for every claim — is being added to the record in batches and will appear here when this judgement has been through it.
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HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR
MAC No. 1312 of 2017
All R/o – Shahid Nagar, Khamtarai, Post Office – Raipur, Police Station – Khamtarai, Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.)
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Versus
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For Appellants : Mr. Raj Kumar Pali, Advocate & Mr. K.P.S. Gandhi, Advocate. For Respondent No.2 : Mr. Sourabh Sharma, Advodcate.
Hon’ble Shri Justice Sachin Singh Rajput Judgment on Board
06/02/2024
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Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Raipur, C.G. By the impugned award, against a claim of Rs.13,50,000/-, the learned Tribunal has awarded compensation of Rs. 5,90,000/- in favour of the appellants / claimants.
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Sd/-
(Sachin Singh Rajput) Judge
Vaibhav
3 issues framed by the court
Whether the compensation awarded by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal under Section 163-A of the Motor Vehicles Act requires enhancement.
Whether the Tribunal erred in calculating the deceased's future prospects and income.
Whether the High Court ought to interfere with the Tribunal's award by ignoring the structured formula in the Second Schedule.
2 provisions across 1 enactments
Smt. Amrit Bai Rajput and others
Vijay Ram Parginha
The New India Assurance Company Limited
Sachin Singh Rajput
As recorded by the court registry
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