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VIKRAM NATH, SANDEEP MEHTA
Raj Kumar Das (D) Thr. Lrs. – Appellant
Versus
National Insurance Co. Ltd. – Respondent
JUDGMENT
VIKRAM NATH, J.
1. Leave granted.
2. The present appeal arises out of the final judgment and order passed by the High Court at Calcutta dated 27.09.2022, whereby the High Court affirmed the dismissal of claim petition filed by the original claimant, the injured, under Section 163A of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 [Hereinafter referred to as “ the Act”] seeking compensation for injuries resulting in permanent disability allegedly sustained in an accident dated 21.05.2004.
3. The facts giving rise to the present appeal are as follows:
3.1. On 21.05.2004, at 05:00 p.m., the original claimant-Raj Kumar Das after getting down from a rickshaw near Mondalpara Bus Stop, was allegedly knocked down by a lorry bearing registration No. WB-41-3999. He lost consciousness and sustained injuries and thereafter underwent medical treatment. He was ultimately diagnosed with traumatic paraplegia, leading to permanent disablement.
3.2. He instituted a claim case being MACC No. 49/2005 (subsequently renumbered as MACC 163/2007) seeking compensation to the tune of Rs. 3,50,000/- on 09.02.2005 under Section 163A of the Act before the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal [In short, “Tribunal”].
3.3. The Tribunal, v
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