IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/FIRST APPEAL NO. 4330 of 2025 With CIVIL APPLICATION (FOR STAY) NO. 1 of 2025 In R/FIRST APPEAL NO. 4330 of 2025 ==========================================================

UNITED INDIA INSURANCE COMPANY LTD Versus GIRISHBHAI MAGANBHAI PATEL & ORS.

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Appearance:

MR GC MAZMUDAR(1193) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR HG MAZMUDAR(1194) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HASMUKH D. SUTHAR Date : 04/12/2025

ORAL ORDER

1. The Insurance Company has preferred this First Appeal under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, challenging the judgment and award dated 18.07.2025 passed by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (Auxi.), Lunawada in Motor Accident Claim Petition No. 99 of 2021.

2. Heard learned advocates for the respective parties.

3. The brief facts of the case are that on 02.06.2018, the claimant and Vinodkumar Kalidas Patel were travelling from Vakhatpur to Thanasavali on Motorcycle No. GJ-35-C-6134, driven by the claimant. He was driving carefully on the correct (left) side of the road. At around 20:15