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IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR
PARTH PRATEEM SAHU
Gulab Bai Sahu, S/o Shri Dharamlal Sahu – Appellant
Versus
Fayaz Ahmed, S/o Shri Ikbal Hasan – Respondent
ORDER :
Parth Prateem Sahu, J.
1. The appellant/claimant has filed this appeal challenging the impugned award dated 15.11.2019 passed by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal Balodabazar, District Balodabazar-Bhatapara (C.G.) in Claim Case No.43/2019, whereby the learned Claims Tribunal allowed the application seeking compensation filed under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for short “the Act of 1988”), in part, awarded Rs.50,000/- as compensation.
2. Facts of the case are that on 05.12.2018 at about 12:00 pm, deceased Laxmi Sahu was travelling on motorcycle bearing Registration No.CG- 04-KY-3423 along with her husband Pramod Kumar Sahu (son of the appellant/claimant). On the way one truck bearing Registration No.GJ-19-T-3662 driven rashly and negligently by non-applicant No.1, dashed the motorcycle driven by Pramod Kumar Sahu and caused accident. In the said accident Pramod Kumar Sahu and his wife Laxmi Sahu suffered serious injuries and during the course of treatment they succumbed to the injuries. The application seeking compensation is filed against the death of Laxmi Sahu by appellant/claimant, who is mother-in-law of the deceased on the ground that she was depe
A mother-in-law can claim compensation as a legal representative under the Motor Vehicles Act if she demonstrates dependency on the deceased, regardless of classification as a legal heir.
Point of Law : Motor Accident – Compensation - The general rule which has always prevailed in regard to the assessment of damages under Fatal Accidents Act is well settled, namely, that any benefit a....
Legal representatives can claim compensation under the Motor Vehicles Act regardless of dependency proof, emphasizing inclusive definitions and rights established by precedent.
Legal representatives must establish their dependency to claim compensation under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
The main legal point established in the judgment is that legal representatives, who were not the original claimants, could only represent the estate of the deceased claimant and were entitled to shar....
Legal representatives can claim compensation under the Motor Vehicle Act regardless of dependency, emphasizing a broad interpretation of 'legal representative' to ensure justice.
To maintain a claim petition it is sufficient for the claimant to establish that there is loss of dependency and every legal representative who suffers on account of death of a person in a motor vehi....
Legal representatives under the Motor Vehicles Act can claim compensation even if not dependents, affirming broader interpretations of eligible claimants.
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