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BIREN VAISHNAV, MAULIK J. SHELAT
Tata AIG General Insurance Co. Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
Sureshchandra Deepchand Jain – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
(PER : HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MAULIK J.SHELAT)
(1) The present appeal is filed by the appellant - Insurance Company under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (hereinafter referred to as "the M.V. Act"), against the judgment and award dated 28.02.2024 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (Auxi.) & 4th Additional District Court, Jamnagar, in Motor Accident Claim Petition No. 299 of 2015. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to as per their original positions.
Brief Facts of the Case
(2) The brief facts of the case are as follows:-
2.1 That on the fateful day, i.e., 07.06.2015, at about 11:00 PM, the deceased - Dr. Vaibhav Suresh Chandra Jain was travelling in Wagon-R car bearing registration number DL-9-CX-3712 which was dashed by truck bearing registration No.UP-93-T-9567, whereby, the car got completely burnt and the deceased - Dr. Vaibhav Jain sustained injuries and succumbed to it.
2.2 The original claimants (the widow of late Dr. Vaibhav and his parents) filed the claim petition and later on, after the death of widow of Dr. Vaibhav i.e., claimant No.1, her mother - Santosh Dhanendra Jain was substituted as claimant no.4. The claim petition w
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