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IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD
A.Y.KOGJE, N.S.SANJAY GOWDA
Reliance General Insurance Company Ltd – Appellant
Versus
Krishna Nilkanth Pillai – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
A.Y. KOGJE, J.
1. The present First Appeal under Section 173 of the MOTOR VEHICLES ACT , 1988 is preferred by the Insurance Company against the judgment and award dated 10-11-2016 passed by Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (3rd Aux), Bhuj-Kachchh in M.A.C.P. No.412 of 2011.
2. The present Appeal and other cognate appeals arising from one accident with took place on 23.06.2011, wherein the deceased and others were traveling in a Bolero Jeep on a highway in Taluka: Abdasa, District: Kutch and at spot of accident and on coming truck collided with the Bolero Jeep, which led to several persons being injured and three persons having died of which one of the deceased being the relative of the claimant had filed the claim petition before the Motor Accident Claim Tribunal, Bhuj, which ultimately came to be disposed of by a common impugned judgment and award.
3. The Insurance Company has filed various appeals being aggrieved by the award on various grounds and the same have been dealt with independently by the Court in different orders.
4. Insofar as the present appeal is concerned, the same has been challenged on the ground of quantum as according to the Insurance Company, the compens
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