Mr Mruthunjaya Hiremath v. Sri Shankar a L
Case brief
What is this about?
MFA No. 5731 of 2022 (MV-I), NC: 2026:KHC:26707-DB; High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru; decided 05.06.2026; coram Jayant Banerji and Tara Vitasta Ganju, JJ. (judgment per Jayant Banerji, J.). Appellant: Mruthunjaya Hiremath (counsel: Jagadeesh H T); Respondents: Shankar A L (owner) and The Manager, SBI General Insurance Co. Ltd. (counsel: B. Pradeep for R2). Appeal under S.173(1) MV Act against MACT award dated 11.07.2022 in MVC No.1412/2018 (XXIII Addl. Small Causes Judge, MACT, Bengaluru, SCCH-25) partly allowing the claim petition, seeking enhancement of compensation. Outcome: appeal dismissed for non-prosecution — no appearance for appellant despite two call-outs and repeated past adjournments. No merits decided; no cases cited; no amounts stated.
What did the court decide?
The appeal is dismissed for non-prosecution because, despite the matter being called out twice, no one appeared for the appellant and the matter had been repeatedly adjourned in the past.