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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD
TIRUMALA DEVI EADA
Ifficotokio Ltd.General Insurance Co. Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
Putta Laxmi – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
TIRUMALA DEVI EADA, J.
This appeal is filed by the Insurance Company aggrieved by the Order and Decree dated 22.01.2021 in M.V.O.P.No.288 of 2015 passed by the Chairman, Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-IV Additional District and Sessions Judge, (II FTC), Nalgonda (for short “the trial Court”).
2. For convenience and clarity, the parties herein are referred to as they were arrayed before the Tribunal.
3. The case of the petitioner before the Tribunal is that on 08.02.2014 at about 3:00 p.m., the petitioner was going along with her husband on a Splendor motor cycle bearing No.Ap-24-AB- 0283 from Nalgonda to Narketpally and while on the way, at around 3:45 p.m., when they reached near Renuka Yellamma Temple near Madhava Yadavally Village, a tractor driven by its driver in a rash and negligent manner at a high speed, dashed the motor bike of the petitioner parallelly, due to which the injured fell down from the motor bike and the tractor wheel ran over her legs, as a result of which she sustained fracture injuries. Immediately she was shifted to Kamineni Hospital, Narketpally, where she took first aid and then she was referred to Kamineni Hospital, L.B Nagar, where she under
The court upheld the Tribunal's decision, confirming the validity of the insurance policy and the reasonableness of the compensation awarded for grievous injuries sustained in a motor vehicle acciden....
The court emphasized the necessity of considering permanent disability and actual medical expenses in determining compensation for injuries sustained in a road accident.
Insurance companies cannot evade liability for compensation based on the driver's lack of a valid license or vehicle registration under the Motor Vehicles Act.
Insurance companies are liable to compensate accident victims even if the driver lacks a valid license, as per the Motor Vehicles Act.
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