Shivanna v. Shanmukha
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru (NC: 2026:KHC:29576); MFA No. 4071 of 2015 (MV-I); Shivanna v. Shanmukha and The Manager, National Insurance Co. Ltd.; motor vehicle accident compensation enhancement appeal under S. 173(1) of MV Act against judgment and award dated 23.02.2015 in MVC No.1501/2014 (MACT Sakaleshpur) which partly allowed the claim; dismissed as infructuous because parallel appeal MFA No.5030/2016 was disposed of on 09.12.2017 before the Lokadalat; no enhancement adjudicated; coram: Hon'ble Mrs. Justice P Sree Sudha; decision date 17-06-2026; appellant's counsel Sri Ningaraja M. N. absent; respondent No.2 represented by Sri Janardhan Reddy; notice to respondent No.1 dispensed with vide order dated 17.03.2020.
What did the court decide?
As the appeal in MFA No.5030/2016 had already been disposed of on 09.12.2017 itself before the Lokadalat, the present appeal (MFA No. 4071 of 2015) is dismissed as infructuous; the merits of the enhancement claim were not adjudicated in this judgment.