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HIGH COURT OF RAJASTHAN (JODHPUR BENCH)
REKHA BORANA
Iffco Tokio General Insurance Co. Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
Rajiv S/o Indraaj Jaat – Respondent
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| 1. accident details and claim initiation. (Para 1 , 2 , 3) |
JUDGMENT :
REKHA BORANA, J.
1. The present misc. appeals have been preferred by the appellant Insurance Company against the impugned judgment and award dated 14.10.2024 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (Labour Court) Sriganganagar in MACT Case Nos.65/2022, 66/2022 & 67/2022, whereby the learned Tribunal partly allowed the claim petitions and passed an award in favour of the claimants therein.
2. Brief facts as averred in the claim petitions are that an FIR was lodged by one Chandana Ram Choudhary on 07.11.2021, stating therein that he, alongwith one Prem Singh was travelling from Jaisalmer to Tanot Mata Temple. One Toyota vehicle No.RJ- 31-CV-2474 was moving ahead of them. At about 18 kms from Ramgarh, a camel came running from the right and to avoid collision, driver of the car applied sudden brakes due to which the vehicle overturned. All three females and two males occupying the car suffered serious head injuries. They were rescued out of the car by Chandana Ram, Prem Singh and one passing-by traveller Pramod. Arjita, Anju, Varshika and Vishal, four occupants of the car succumbed to the injuries o
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