Dinesh Kumar Yadav v. Smt Rupa Yadav
Case brief
What is this about?
Motor Accident (Claims) appeals; Chhattisgarh High Court, Bilaspur; 2026:CGHC:21480; MA(C) No. 2470 of 2024 & 59 of 2025; MACP Case No. 213/2022, Motor Accidents (Claims) Tribunal Raigarh; award dated 23/09/2024 set aside; Section 166 and Section 173, Motor Vehicles Act 1988; Order XLI Rule 27 CPC — additional evidence in appeal; post-mortem report Form 20 marked as document but not read as evidence; compensation Rs. 16,13,600 with interest against driver alone; deceased engineer, aged about 33, income Rs. 30,000 per month; registered owners' participation; remand/remit for reconsideration; parties to appear 29/06/2026 11.00 AM.
What did the court decide?
Both applications for adducing additional evidence accepted; the questioned Tribunal order (award dated 23/09/2024 in Case No. 213/2022) set aside; case remitted to the Tribunal for reconsideration with direction to take both parties' evidence on record under Order XLI Rule 27 CPC; registered owners to appear before the Tribunal with their advocates on 29/06/2026 at 11.00; both appeals disposed of accordingly.