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J. C. DOSHI
SAMJUDABEN, WD/O. AFJALKHAN @ KADARKHAN NASRATKHAN MAKRANI – Appellant
Versus
AHMUDDIN SULEMAN MUSLIM – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
(J.C. Doshi, J.)
1. The present First Appeal, under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, has been preferred by the appellants – original claimants being aggrieved and dissatisfied with the judgment and award dated 12.12.2011 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Sabarkanta at Himmatnagar in Motor Accident Claim Petition No.263 of 2002.
2. Brief facts of the case are as under:
2.1 The brief fact of the present appeal is such that on 12.01.2002, deceased Afjalkhan was going towards Chikhli from Navsari driving truck No.GJ-1-X-4118 and when he was passing on National Highway No.8, at about 5.00 am, opponent no.1 driver of Truck No.HR-28-E-3650 came in wrong side, driving his truck in rash and negligent manner and dashed with the truck of deceased, as a result of which, Afjalkhan sustained fatal injuries and died on the spot.
2.2 FIR of incident was registered before concerned Police Station.
2.3. The claimant filed claim petition under section 166 of MV Act being MACP No.263 of 2002 claiming compensation of Rs.10,00,000/- along with interest jointly and severally from the opponents.
2.4. After appreciating evidence on record, learned Tribunal was pleased to pass
The court found the deceased was not negligent in causing the accident, attributing 100% negligence to the other driver, and recalculated compensation based on proper income assessment.
The court ruled that the absence of the truck driver required an inference of sole negligence, overturning the Tribunal's finding of contributory negligence against the deceased.
The court ruled that attributing contributory negligence to the deceased was unjustified and emphasized the principle of just and fair compensation under the Motor Vehicles Act.
The main legal point established in the judgment is the proper attribution of contributory negligence and the computation of just and reasonable compensation.
Concept of just and fair compensation is integral and seminal to MV Act – Tribunal is bestowed with duty to make endeavour to award just compensation regardless of amount claimed by claimant.
words used are ’below 40 years’ and unless it is clarified that the deceased was below 40 years, addition of 40% is not possible.
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