IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR
Anoop Kumar Srivastava, J
Insurance Company – Appellant
Versus
Santosh Kumar Dhruv – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. details of the accident and compensation claim. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6) |
| 2. arguments regarding liability and income assessment. (Para 7 , 8 , 9) |
| 3. court's reasoning and decisions on liability and compensation. (Para 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15) |
| 4. final ruling on the appeal. (Para 18) |
1. Insurance company / appellant in the present appeal who was respondent No. 3 in Tribunal has filed this appeal under S.173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for short 'Act of 1988') being aggrieved by the award dated 30.7.2019 in Claim Case No. 151/2018 passed by the learned Second Additional Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Jagdalpur, District Bastar (C.G.), whereby Tribunal allowed application filed under S.166 of the Act of 1988 in part and calculated total compensation of Rs.1,84,43,100 on account of death of Deepak Vinod Xess / deceased.
2. Facts relevant for disposal of this appeal are that on 1.1.2018 at about 8 o'clock in the night deceased / Deepak Vinod Xess was going from Raipur to Jagdalpur in his own car bearing registration No. CG 10 FA 1913 from the right side at a very nominal speed. At the same time one Santosh Kumar Dhruv / respondent No. 3 in present appeal all

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