Order On Board

08/07/2025

1. Appellant has filed this appeal under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for short “Act of 1988”) seeking enhancement of amount of Digitally PAWANsigned K JHU AMARb P Ky A UW MA AN R JHA compensation, challenging the award dated 30.04.2019 passed by Learned Sixth Additional Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh (for short “Claims Tribunal”) in Claim Case No. 255/2018, whereby learned Claims Tribunal allowed the application filed under Section 166 of the Act, 1988 in part and awarded total sum of ₹ 8,56,240/- as compensation in motor accidental death case.

2. Facts of the case relevant for disposal of this appeal are that on 10.09.2017 Subhesh Jogi along with her wife Usha Bai was going from his native place Pandariya to Manpur on motorcycle no. CG09JE1255. When he reached near village Bijatarai, non-applicant No. 1 while driving his motorcycle No. CG28B6318 (henceforth “offending motorcycle”) rashly and negligently coming from opposite direction, dashed the motorcycle of Subesh Jogi and caused accident. In the accident, Subhesh Jogi and Usha Bai suffered griev