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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR
GANESH RAM MEENA
United India Insurance Co. Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
Munni W/o Late Vinod Kumar – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. background of the accident and claim. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. defenses raised by respondents. (Para 3 , 4) |
| 3. tribunal's proceedings and awarded compensation. (Para 5 , 6) |
| 4. arguments by the insurance company and claimants. (Para 8 , 9) |
| 5. analysis of compensation calculation methods. (Para 11 , 12 , 13) |
| 6. findings on dependency ratio. (Para 14) |
| 7. evaluation of the eyewitness account. (Para 15) |
| 8. final ruling and dismissal of appeal. (Para 16) |
Judgment :
GANESH RAM MEENA, J.
1. The present appeal has been preferred by the appellant– Insurance Company under Section 173 of the MOTOR VEHICLES ACT , 1988, against the award dated 18.11.2019 passed by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Dholpur, in Claim Case No. 36/2019. By the said award, the learned Tribunal partly allowed the claim petition filed by the claimants–respondents No.1 to 5 and awarded a compensation of Rs.66,38,800/- along with interest at the rate of 9% per annum from the date of filing of the claim petition. The award was passed jointly and severally against the appellant–Insurance Company and non-claimant respondent No.6.
2. The brief facts giving rise to the claim petition are that the claimants–responde
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