IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE C.PRATHEEP KUMAR TUESDAY, THE 25^TH DAY OF MARCH 2025 / 4TH CHAITHRA, 1947 MACA NO. 289 OF 2016 AGAINST THE AWARD DATED 23.05.2014 IN OPMV NO.64 OF 2013 OF MOTOR ACCIDENTS CLAIMS TRIBUNAL, WAYANAD,KALPETTA APPELLANT/PETITIONER:

YOOSAF N.K.

AGED 38 YEARS, S/O.KUNHIMUHAMMED, NARIKODAN HOUSE, RATTAKKOLLY, KALPETTA POST, VYTHIRI TALUK, WAYANAD DISTRICT.

BY ADV SMT.CELINE JOSEPH RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS 2 & 3:

1 MANAGING DIRECTOR, KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION FORT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695023.

2 THE BRANCH MANAGER NEW INDIA ASSURANCE COMPANY LTD., M.G.T.BUILDINGS, KALPETTA NORTH POST, WAYANAD DISTRICT.

BY ADVS.

SRI.P.C.CHACKO, SRI.K.C.SANTHOSHKUMAR, SC - R2 ALEX ANTONY SEBASTIAN P.A., SC, KSTRC THIS MOTOR ACCIDENT CLAIMS APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 25.03.2025, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:

J U D G M E N T Dated this the 25^th day of March, 2025 The petitioner in O.P.(M.V.) No.64/2013 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Wayanad, Kalpetta is the appellant herein. (For the purpose of convenience, the parties are hereafter referred to as per their rank before the Tribunal).

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