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M. A. CHOWDHARY
National Insurance Company Limited – Appellant
Versus
Mst. Aisha Bano – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
1. This is an appeal preferred by the Appellant-National Insurance Company Limited, through its Divisional Manager, Srinagar, under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act against the award dated 4th of August, 2022 (hereinafter referred to as “the impugned award”) passed by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Pulwama (for short “the Tribunal”) in a claim petition titled ‘Mst. Aisha Bano & Ors. v. Mudasir Jamal & Ors.’, whereby the claim petition stands allowed and the claimants/ Respondents 1 to 3 herein held equally entitled to the compensation worked out at Rs.23,84,800/-, along with interest @ 6 % per annum from the date of filing of the claim petition, till final realization of the awarded amount.
2. The brief facts of the case, as emerge from the perusal of the impugned award, are that a claim petition came to be filed before the learned Tribunal by the claimants/ Respondents 1 to 3 herein, asserting therein that one Amir Rashid-son of Respondents 1 and 2 herein and brother of Respondent No.3 herein, along with a pillion rider, namely, Sameer Ahmad Bhat, were
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