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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
C.M.POONACHA
Managing Director, KSRTC – Appellant
Versus
Govindappa S/o Late Narayanappa – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
C.M. POONACHA, J.
1. Both the appeals are filed calling question the judgment and award dated 31.1.2017 passed in MVC No.3998/2015 by the XXII Additional Small Causes Judge and Member MACT, Bengaluru, [Hereinafter referred to as ‘Tribunal’]. Hence, both the appeals are taken up together for consideration.
2. For the sake of convenience, the parties herein are referred as per their rank before the Trial Court.
3. The relevant facts in a nutshell leading to the present appeals are that claiming compensation for the death of the deceased, who was a 19 year old girl as on the date of the accident i.e., on 31.8.2015, her parents and sisters instituted claim proceedings. It is the case of the claimants that when the deceased was crossing the Bengaluru - Tumakuru National Highway in front of Shobha Apartments, a Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation, [Hereinafter referred to as ‘KSRTC’] bus being driven by its driver in a rash and negligent manner hit the deceased causing the accident in question, wherein the deceased succumbed to the injuries on the spot. The KSRTC was arrayed as respondent in the claim proceedings and they contested the same. The Tribunal vide the judgment
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