Praveenkumar v. Rani and Anr.
Motor Vehicles Act, Section 173(1) – Miscellaneous First Appeal (MV-I) against MACT award – valuation of appeal less than Rs.1,00,000/-
Case brief
What is this about?
MFA No.202366/2023 (MV-I), High Court of Karnataka, Kalaburagi Bench (Hon'ble Mr. Justice C.M. Joshi, author, decided 04-04-2025; NC: 2025:KHC-K:2186). Appeal under Section 173(1) of the Motor Vehicles Act by Praveenkumar s/o Juglal against judgment and award dated 21.02.2023 of the III Additional Senior Civil Judge and MACT-XII, Vijayapura, in MVC No.103/2016, seeking to fasten liability on New India Assurance Co. Ltd. Dismissed at threshold as not maintainable since the valuation of the appeal was below Rs.1,00,000/-, attracting the bar of Section 173 of the M.V. Act; liberty reserved to pursue any other remedy. No issues on merits decided and no precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief; appeal dismissed as not maintainable, with liberty to the appellant to seek any other remedy available under law. ¶27