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

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ON THE 23 OF FEBRUARY, 2026 MISC. APPEAL No. 2738 of 2018 SMT. SUNEETA AND OTHERS Versus BHUPAT SINGH AND OTHERS Appearance:

Shri Kuldeep Thapak- Advocate appearing on behalf of Shri Jitendra Kumar Tyagi - Advocate for appellants.

Shri Rajesh Gupta- Advocate for respondent No.2/Insurance Company.

ORDER This appeal under Section 173(1) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 has been preferred by the appellants–claimants challenging the award dated 28.03.2018 passed by the First Additional Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, District Shivpuri (M.P.) in Claim Case No. 400039/2016, whereby the claim petition filed by the appellants/claimants has been rejected.

2. The case of the claimants, in brief, is that at the time of the accident, Hari Singh (who subsequently died after filing the claim petition before the Claims Tribunal) was aged about 40 years and was earning approximately ₹9,000 per month from labour work, agricultural activities, and dairy farming. On 27.10.2015 at about 12:30 p.m., Hari Singh had gone to Kolaras market to purchase certain goods. While he was standing near Manipura Temple on the roadside an