ON

20.10.2022,

COMING

ON

PRONOUNCEMENT

OF

JUDGMENT

THROUGH

VIDEO

CONFERENCING AT THE PRINCIPAL BENCH AT BENGALURU,

THIS DAY , THE COURT DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:

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JUDGMENT

M.F.A. Nos.20931/2011 and 20932/2011 are

filed by the National Highways Authority of India

(henceforth referred to as “Authority” in short) challenging

the common Judgment dated 30.04.2010 and separate

Awards passed by the Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court,

Ranebennur (henceforth referred to as “Tribunal” in short)

in MVC NOs.133/2006 and 132/2006 respectively, in so far

as it relates to the finding of the Tribunal that the accident

occurred due to the negligence of the Authority and also

the finding that it is liable to pay the compensation

determined therein.

The respective petitioner in MVC Nos.132/2006

and 133/2006 before the Tribunal will henceforth be

referred to as 'claimant'. Respondent Nos.1, 2, 3 and 4

before the Tribunal will henceforth be referred to as

‘owner’, ‘insurer’, ‘Authority’ and ‘Contractor’ respectively.

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The claimant in MVC No.133/2006 was the

injured victim while the claimant in MVC No.132/2006 was

the father of the deceased Sri Raju Maheshappa Theggin

('Raju' for short), rider of the