Basavaraj S/O Laxman Devanagaon v. Motilal and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Motor accident claim petition dismissed by Tribunal; claimant's appeal; tractor and trailer; rash and negligent driving; severe injuries; Additional Senior Civil Judge, Vijayapur; Insurance Company as respondent; examination of three claimant witnesses and two respondent witnesses; exhibits Ex.P/Ex.R; deposition of mother versus complaint averments of father contradictory on occurrence of accident; delay of five days in lodging complaint; hospital report to police station on date of accident but no material on forwarding to jurisdictional police; no interference called for with Tribunal's finding; High Court of Karnataka. NOTE: source text is character-corrupted; identifiers, dates, amounts and the final disposition word are unrecoverable.
What did the court decide?
The deposition of the mother of the claimant and the complaint averments at Ex.P._ given by the father of the claimant run contrary to each other as to the occurrence of the accident.