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BIREN VAISHNAV, MAULIK J. SHELAT
HDFC Ergo General Insurance Co. Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
Ranjitsing Avtarsing Chavla – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
(PER : HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MAULIK J.SHELAT)
1. The present appeal is filed by the Insurance Company under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicle Act (herein after referred to as ‘the M.V. Act’) challenging judgment and award dated 13.03.2024 passed by the Motor Accident Claim Tribunal (Aux.) and 7th Additional District Judge, Ahmedabad [Rural] in Motor Accident Claim Petition No.1463 of 2015.
2. The parties will be referred as their original position before the Tribunal.
3. Short facts of the case appear to be as under;
3.1 That on 25.04.2015 at about 11:15 PM when the deceased and her husband left hotel Avalon after attaining the marriage function and while walking on the roadside opposite to Mohini Farm, Opponent no.2 came by driving her car bearing registration No.GJ-1-KS-0502 at an excessive speed and dashed with deceased. As a result of the accident, wife of claimant no.1 i.e., Kanwaljitkumar Ranjitsing Chavla, had sustained serious injuries and succumbed to it..
3.2 FIR, in relation to the said accident in question, came to be registered at Vastrapur Police Station being I-C.R.No.75 of 2015. Charge-sheet came to be filed against opponent no.2 - driver of car.
3.3 As the deat
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