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SANJAY K. AGRAWAL
United India Insurance Company Limited – Appellant
Versus
Fagnu, S/o. Late Kartik – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
1. The present batch of two miscellaneous appeals and one civil revision arise out of the same accident and stands decided in three different claim cases, i.e., Claim Case No.204/2014, Claim Case No.205/2014 and Claim Case No. 203/2014 respectively by the Third Additional Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Bastar at Jagdalpur vide Awards dated 9.3.2016.
2. Vide impugned Awards, learned Claims Tribunal, in a proceeding under Section 166(1) read with Section 140(1) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 has awarded a compensation of Rs.5,19,600/- to the claimants in Claim Case No. 204/2014 (MAC No.720/2016) for death of deceased Neela Bai, Rs.9,200/- to the injured claimant Smt. Somari in Claim Case No.205/2014 (CR No.90/2016) and Rs.51,900/- to the injured claimant Smt. Devli in Claim Case No. 203/2014 (MAC No.721/2016) along with interest at the rate of 9% per annum from the date of filing of their respective claim application, fastening the liability of payment of compensation jointly and severally upon the United India Insurance Company as well as on the driver Prashant Kumar Baghel and owner Smt. Laxmi Royali of the offending vehicle, i.e., Auto bearing Registration No. CG17-T
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