Form No. J(2)

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

APPELLATE SIDE

Present:

The Hon’ble Justice Ananya Bandyopadhyay

FMA 692 of 2024

with

IA No: CAN 1 of 2024

National Insurance Company Limited

Versus

Rani Murmu & Ors.

For the Appellant : Mr. Rajesh Singh.

For the Respondents : 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 09.01.2024 passed by the Learned Additional District Judge, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, 1^st Court, Paschim

Medinipur in M.A.C. Case No. 572 of 2014.

3. The learned advocate representing the appellant/Insurance Company submitted to have filed the instant appeal on the ground that the owner of the offending vehicle did not possess a valid route permit for plying the offending vehicle being a truck bearing registration number WB-33A/2922. Moreover, in absence of any corroborative oral or documentary evidence, the monthly income of the victim had been assessed to be Rs.6,000/- who claimed to have been a helper of the truck