IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/FIRST APPEAL NO. 1710 of 2022 With R/CROSS OBJECTION NO. 219 of 2022 In R/FIRST APPEAL NO. 1710 of 2022 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE:

HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HASMUKH D. SUTHAR ==========================================================

Approved for Reporting Yes No ==========================================================

ICICI LOMBARD GENERAL INSURANCE CO LTD Versus VALLABHBHAI NATHABHAI BHALANI & ORS.

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Appearance:

MS KIRTI S PATHAK(9966) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR. HEMAL SHAH(6960) for the Defendant(s) No. 1,2 RULE SERVED for the Defendant(s) No. 3 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HASMUKH D. SUTHAR Date : 05/02/2026 ORAL JUDGMENT

1) This appeal has been preferred by the appellant – Insurance Company against the impugned judgment and award dated 29.11.2021 passed by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (Aux), Rajkot, (for short referred to as “learned Tribunal”) in Motor Accident Claim Petition No.52 of 2014 under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for short referred to as “MV Act”) wherein the Tribunal has partly allo