NEUTRAL CITATION NO. 2025:MPHC-JBP:53201 IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT JABALPUR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE PRADEEP MITTAL ON THE 15 th OF OCTOBER, 2025 MISC. APPEAL No. 4920 of 2022 SMT. RAMSHRI ANURAGI AND OTHERS Versus SANTRAM PANDEY AND OTHERS Appearance:

Shri Sourabh Singh Thakur - Advocate for the appellant.

Shri Somesh Shukla – Advocate for respondent No.2.

Shri Rajendra Kumar – Advocate for respondent No.1.

ORDER

1. The present miscellaneous appeal under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, has been filed by the appellants/claimants assailing the award dated 12.09.2022, passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Chhatarpur (M.P.) in MACC No. 218/2021, whereby the learned Tribunal rejected the claim petition filed by the appellants.

2. The appellants/claimants had filed the claim petition under Section 166 read with Section 167 of the Motor Vehicles Act, seeking compensation of Rs. 32,00,400/- (Thirty-Two Lakhs Four Hundred only) for the death of Khannulal Anuragi, who died in an accident involving a J.C.B. machine bearing registration number MP 16 DA 0520.

3. As per the appellants, on 07.12.2020, the deceased Khannulal was employed by Respondent No.1 as a drive