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GITA GOPI
SHINDE PARVATIBEN BHIMA PIRAJI WD/O SHINDE BHIMA PIRAJI – Appellant
Versus
CHANDARBHAI KALUBHAI DINDE – Respondent
ORDER :
1. The challenge is given to the claim petition, which came to be dismissed on 02.09.2023 by Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (Auxi.), Surat in Motor Accident Claim Petition No. 394 of 2011.
2. Advocate Mr. Matafer R. Pande for the appellant submitted that the matter was registered in 2011. The matter was pending in another Tribunal, thereafter the matter was transferred to the Tribunal which has dismissed the petition.
2.1 Advocate Mr. Pande submitted that while dismissing the petition, it was observed that during the pendency of the matter, the applicant was not present. The legal heirs of original applicant has produced an application at Exh.33 declaring the death. The death certificate and Adhar Card was produced along with the application with a prayer to join them as legal heirs.
2.2 Advocate Mr. Pande submitted that the Court had joined heirs as a party and the claimant had prepared to produce the evidence on record; however, on 06.02.2023, by order below Exh.1, the right of the evidence came to be closed, and, thus the learned Tribunal has observed that the legal heirs of the original applicant had failed to prove the vehicular accident, and without entering into the meri
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