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BIREN VAISHNAV, MAULIK J. SHELAT
Mukeshbhai Ishwarbhai Soni – Appellant
Versus
Laxmanbhai Marutibhai Sopan – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
(PER : HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MAULIK J.SHELAT)
1. Being aggrieved and dissatisfied with the judgment and award dated 21.07.2017 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Ahmedabad, in Motor Accident Claim Petition No. 176 of 2010, the original claimants as well as the Insurance Company have filed their respective first appeals i.e., First Appeal No. 3948 of 2017 filed by the claimants and First Appeal No. 2273 of 2018 filed by the Insurance Company, under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act (hereinafter referred to as the M.V. Act)
2. For the sake of convenience, the parties shall be referred to as per their original positions before the Tribunal.
BRIEF FACTS OF THE CASE
3. On 19.12.2009 at about 11:30 PM, the deceased - Darshinbhai was going from Ahmedabad to Gandhinagar in the car bearing registration number GJ-1-KA-6920 with his friends Jigneshbhai, Ashishbhai and Jitendrabhai, which was driven by deceased himself. When the car was passing through village Charodi, a truck bearing registration number GJ-9-X-7481 driven by original opponent No.1, after the crossing road wrongly, came all of a sudden and hit the driver side of the car. Due to such collision, the driver
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