Judgment On Board

25/03/2025

1. None appears for respondent No.1 though served.

2. With the consent of learned counsel appearing for the parties, the case is heard finally.

3. This is the claimants’ appeal filed under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for short “Act of 1988”) seeking enhancement of amount of compensation awarded by learned Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Baikunthpur, District- Korea (CG) vide award dated 6^th January 2020 passed in Claim Case No.95 of 2018.

4. Facts relevant for disposal of this appeal are that appellants/applicants/claimants filed a claim application under Section 166 of the Act against the respondent/non-applicants, pleading therein that on 01.10.2018 at 3:00 pm, Lalsai along with his friend Mishrilal, was going from his native village Mansukh to his sister's house at village -Gartar sitting on his Hero Deluxe motorcycle. When the motorcycle reached near Atal Chowk on the main road of village Mansukh, the driver of a red coloured Hero Glamour motorcycle bearing registration number CG 16 CG 4847 coming from Kahdgawan hit the motorcycle driven by Mishrilal in which Mishrilal and pillion rider Lalsai received serious head and other injuries.