IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

Civil Appellate Jurisdiction

Appellate Side

Present:

The Hon’ble Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury

F.M.A. 1187 of 2025

The Oriental Insurance Company Ltd.

VERSUS

Kumkumi Dhara & Ors.

With

COT 104 OF 2025

Kumkumi Dhara & Ors.

VERSUS

The Oriental Insurance Company Ltd. & Anr.

For the appellant/insurance Mr. Anjan Chakraborty, Adv.

company.: Ms. Avantika Chakraborty, Adv.

For respondents/claimants.: Mr. Amit Ranjan Roy, Adv.

Last Heard on: November 13, 2025 Judgment on: December 01, 2025

Biswaroop Chowdhury,J:

The Appellant before this Court is an opposite party in a claim case

under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicle Act 1988 filed by the Respondent no. 1, 2, 3, and 4 and is aggrieved by the Judgment and Award dated 30-08-2024

passed by Learned Additional District Judge 5th Court Nadia Krishnanagar in MAC case No-75 of 2023. The Respondent no-1, 2, 3, and 4 have also filed a counter objection to the Appeal.

The case of the Respondent no. 1, 2, 3 and 4/claimants may be summed up thus:

On 13-01-23 at about 10:00 AM while the victim was returning home from Harishpur at that time he was dashed by a bus being no. WB-51A/0022.

He was severly injured and local people took him to Nadia Distri