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2023 Supreme(All) 2165

J. J. MUNIR
Oriental Insurance Company Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
Usha Devi – Respondent


Advocates appeared:
For the Appellant : V.C. Dixit, Ashok Kumar Jaiswal.
For the Respondent: B.P. Varma, Bhanu Prakash Verma, Pankaj Dwivedi.

JUDGMENT

J.J. Munir, J.

This is an appeal by the Insurance Company against the judgment and award dated February the 19th, 2008 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal/Additional District Judge, Mathura, allowing the claim petition and awarding a sum of Rs.7,29,500/- to the claimants. The claimants-respondents, who are also before the Court, say (though they have not filed any cross-objection) that they are entitled to an enhancement of the award on the principle that the Court notwithstanding the absence of a cross-objection, must pass a just award.

2. The facts giving rise to this appeal are these:

    On June the 3rd, 2005 at 10 o'clock in the morning hours, while one Ajay Kumar was standing outside the Refinery Nagar, Mathura waiting to board a bus. A truck (dumper) bearing Registration No. HR 38 L 9611 approached from the Mathura end of the road and hit Ajay Kumar, causing him grievous injuries. In consequence of the injuries, Ajay Kumar died on the spot. It is the claimant's case that the accident happened on account of negligence of the driver of the offending vehicle. It is their case that the driver was moving at a very high speed, driving his vehicle negligently. The decea

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