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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
C M JOSHI
M. S. Chandru S/o Shivalingegowda – Appellant
Versus
Venkataswamy – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
C M JOSHI, J.
1. Heard the learned counsel appearing for the appellants and learned counsels appearing for the respondent No.2-Insurance Company in all these appeals.
2. The appellants, who are the petitioners in MVC Nos.318/12, 319/12 and 321/12 are before this Court in appeals being aggrieved by the common judgment and award dated 14.08.2014 passed by the learned Senior Civil Judge & MACT, Channapattana.
3. The factual matrix of the case, as may be found from the records is that on 29.05.2011 at about 7.30 p.m., when the petitioners in MVC Nos.318/12 and 321/12, namely M.K.Sharath and M.Umesh were proceeding on a motor cycle bearing registration No.KA-42-1316 and when the petitioner in MVC 319/12, namely M.S.Chandru was following them on another motor cycle bearing registration No.KA-42-J-1330 on Channapatna- Kudlur Road, a Canter bearing registration No.KA-42-662, driven in a rash and negligent manner and at a high speed, came and dashed against the motorcycle, resulting in all the petitioners falling down and sustaining grievous injuries. Immediately thereafter, the petitioners were shifted to the Government hospital at Channapatna and subsequently, they were shifted to
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