2011 Supreme(Raj) 618
2011(2) CCR 1002 (Raj.)
(Rajasthan High Court)
Jaipur Bench
Durga Kanwar (Smt.) Vs. Dharampal Singh (Sharma, J.)
HON'BLE MAHESH CHANDRA SHARMA, J.
Durga Kanwar (Smt.) & Ors.
Versus
Dharampal Singh & Ors.
S.B. Civil Misc. Appeal No. 1590 of 2001, decided on 05.07.2011
Ankur Saxena for S.S. Khangarot, for Appellants;
Akshat Chaudhary, for Respondent No.3
Headnote:Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Secs. 166 & 173 — Motor accident claim — Claim petition — Rejection — Appeal — Held — FIR has not been lodged by any witness or any passenger of bus — FIR has been lodged by a car driver after seeing the dead body laying on road — FIR lodged by police against unknown vehicle — It is not proved that deceased was travelling in said bus at the time of accident — Finding of tribunal is fully lawful — Evidence rightly appreciated. (Paras 5 & 6)
Appeal rejected.
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