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2011 Supreme(Raj) 1417
2012(1) CCR 310 (Raj.)
(Rajasthan High Court)
Jaipur Bench
R.S.R.T.C. Vs. Jamna Bai & Ors. (Rafiq, J.)
HON'BLE MOHAMMAD RAFIQ, J.
Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation
Versus
Jamna Bai & Ors.
S.B. Civil Misc. Appeal No.681 of 1998, decided on 12.12.2011
M.K. Verma, for Appellant-RSRTC
Headnote:Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Sec. 166 — Liability of RSRTC — Passengers forced the driver of the bus of appellant RSRTC to start the bus and cross the flowing nala, which was full of water — Accident took place due to own negligence of the passengers — Held — Appellant could not satisfy as to who forced and how the force was applied on him — It cannot be believed that he did so as he was beaten by the passengers — Evidence of the driver and conductor could alone be nai and assertion cannot be accepted — Tribunal rightly awarded Rs. 1,88,000/- in a death claim for the accident that took place on 15.7.1995. (Paras 1, 2)
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2. I therefore do not find any infirmity in the award and reason to interfere therewith. The appeal is accordingly dismissed. The appellant shall comply with the award within thirty days. A copy of this order be forwarded to claimant-respondent No.1.
