IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Civil Appellate Jurisdiction Appellate Side Present:

The Hon’ble Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury F.M.A.T. (MV) 181 of 2024 National Insurance Company Limited VERSUS Sri Kalyan Dangre & Ors.

With COT 145 of 2024 Sri Kalyan Dangre & Ors.

VERSUS National Insurance Company Limited & Anr.

For the appellant in FMAT (MV) 181 of Mr. Saibalendu Bhowmik, Adv.

2024 and respondent no.1 in COT

145 of 2024:

Mr. Jayanta Banerjee, Adv.

For the respondents in FMAT (MV) Mr. Sandip Bandyopadhyay, Adv.

Mrs. Ruxmini Basu Roy, Adv.

181 of 2024 and appellants in COT Mr. Argha Bhattacharjee, Adv.

145 of 2024:

Last Heard on: March 11, 2026 Judgment on: April 30, 2026 Biswaroop Chowdhury,J:

The Appellant before this Court was an opposite party in a case under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act 1988 and is aggrieved by the Judgment and Award dated 17.02.2024. Passed by Learned Additional District Judge 4th Court Paschim Medinipur in MAC Case No. 160 of 2017. The claimants/respondents no-1 and 2 being also aggrieved by the Judgment and Award passed by the Learned Trial Court have filed cross objection being COT No-145 of 2024.

The case of the claimants before Learned Trial Court may be summed