Form No. J(2)

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

APPELLATE SIDE

Present:

The Hon’ble Justice Ananya Bandyopadhyay

FMA 457 of 2024

National Insurance Company Limited

Versus

Sanjukta Dandapat Singha @ Sanjukta Singha & Ors.

For the Appellant/

Insurance Company : Mr. Rajesh Singh

For the Respondents/

Claimants : Mrs. Rita Bhattacharya

Heard & Judgment on : 20^th August, 2025.

Ananya Bandyopadhyay, J:

1. Both the Learned Advocates representing the appellant/

Insurance Company and the respondents/claimants are present in

Court.

2. The instant appeal had been filed against the judgment and

award dated 07.12.2023 passed by the Learned Additional District Judge, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, 7^th Court, Paschim

Medinipur in M.A.C. Case No. 372 of 2019.

3. The learned advocate representing the appellant/Insurance Company submitted to have filed the instant appeal on the ground that the Learned Tribunal despite considering the driving licence possessed by the driver of the offending vehicle to have been fake had not granted the right to recover in favour of the appellant/Insurance Company after payment of the same to the claimants from the owner of the offending vehicle. Moreover, in absen