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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
UMESH M ADIGA
Jayaraj Acharya, S/o. Dhananjaya Acharya – Appellant
Versus
Mohammed Safwan, S/o. Abdul Rahiman – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
UMESH M. ADIGA, J.
Both these appeals arise out of judgment and award dated 18.11.2019 passed by the Additional Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal and II Additional Senior Civil Judge, Udupi (for short 'Tribunal') in MVC.No.604 of 2017. MFA.No.1427/2021 is filed by the claimant and MFA.No.2579/2020 is filed by insurer.
2. Both the appeals arise out of common judgment and award, therefore they are taken up together for disposal.
3. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to as per their ranking before the Tribunal.
4. It is a case of the claimant that on 23.11.2016 at about 07.45 a.m., while the petitioner was going on his motorcycle bearing registration No.KA-20-W-6003, met with an accident on Mijaru to Mangaluru road due to rash and negligent driving of lorry bearing registration No.KA- 19-AA-9678. Due to impact, the claimant sustained fracture injuries and has suffered permanent disability. With these reasons, he prayed to award compensation.
5. The respondents No.1 was the owner and respondent No.2 was the insurer of the offending vehicle. Respondent No.1 remained ex-parte before the Tribunal and respondent No.2 filed its written statement denying the averments o
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