IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT GWALIOR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE HIRDESH

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ON THE 16 OF JANUARY, 2026 MISC. APPEAL No. 4540 of 2025 RAJDEEP RAGHUWANSHI Versus SHANKAR SHARMA AGE 16 YEARS THROUGH HIS FATHER SHRI SURESH SHARMA Appearance:

Shri Harshit Raghuwanshi - Advocate for the appellant.

None for the respondent despite service of notice.

ORDER This miscellaneous appeal under Section 173(1) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 has been preferred by the appellant, who is both the owner and driver of the alleged offending vehicle, being aggrieved by the award dated 28.02.2025 passed by the Member, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Ashoknagar (M.P.) in Claim Case No. 14/2024, whereby compensation was awarded in favour of the claimant and the appellant was fastened with liability.

2. Brief facts of the case are that on 31.10.2023 at about 5:30 PM, the claimant/injured was allegedly proceeding from his house to his agricultural field. When he reached near the house of Brijesh Raghuvanshi situated in village Madinamadar, it was alleged that the appellant, while driving a green John Deere Tractor bearing Registration No. MP-67-AA-8368, came from the opposite direction in a rash and neglig