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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT DHARWAD
S.G.PANDIT, GEETHA K.B.
Branch Manager, The New India Assurance Company Limited – Appellant
Versus
Mehadevi W/o Ramappa Kalyani – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
GEETHA K.B., J.
1. These appeals are preferred under Section 173 (1) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, by the insurer and the unsatisfied claimant, respectively challenging the judgment and award passed in MVC No.276/2013, dated 03.05.2017, on the file of Additional Senior Civil Judge and Member, MACT-VI, Jamakhandi, (for short the ‘Tribunal’).
2. Parties would be referred with their ranks, as they were before the Tribunal for the sake of convenience and clarity.
3. The insurer has filed the appeal questioning saddling of liability upon insurance company alleging breach of basic policy condition and the claimant has filed the appeal seeking enhancement of quantum of compensation.
4. Claimant has filed the claim petition under Section 166 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for short, ‘the Act’), seeking compensation for the death of her son-Chandrasekhar in a motor vehicle accident that had taken place on 16.04.2013 at about 02.50 p.m. on Jamkhandi-Banahatti PWD road in front of Town Police Station, Jamkhandi, involving motorcycle bearing registration No.KA-48/E-5114 and truck bearing registration No.AP-16/TT-3236.
5. The case of claimant in a nutshell is that, when the son of clai
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