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

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ON THE 23 OF JANUARY, 2026 MISC. APPEAL No. 992 of 2015 BALKISHAN PRAJAPATI Versus LAKHAN AND OTHERS Appearance:

Shri Dinesh Singh Tomar - Advocate for the appellant.

Shri Bal Krishna Agrawal- Advocate for respondent No.3.

ORDER This miscellaneous appeal has been preferred by the appellant/claimant seeking setting aside of the impugned Award dated 03.07.2015 passed by the Fourth Additional Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Morena (hereinafter referred to as the “Claims Tribunal”) in Claim Case No. 568/2012, whereby the Claims Tribunal rejected the claim petition filed under Section 163-A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, on the ground that it was not legally maintainable.

2. Brief facts of the case are that on 14.07.2011, the appellant was travelling in truck bearing registration No. MP-07-G-6654 carrying four quintals of wheat sacks for storage at Girraj’s Parkama. When the said truck reached A.B. Road, Noorabad, Morena, near Balveer Dandotia College, the driver of another truck bearing registration No. DL-01-LG-6432 suddenly reversed his truck on the road, as a result of which truck No. MP-07-G-6654 col