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

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ON THE 20 OF FEBRUARY, 2026 MISC. APPEAL No. 3053 of 2017 KHUMAN PRAJAPATI AND OTHERS Versus RAKESH AND OTHERS Appearance:

Shri Sanjeev Tiwari-Advocate for appellants/claimants.

Shri Arvind Kumar Agrawal-Advocate for respondent No.3/Insurance Company.

ORDER

1. This appeal under Section 173(1) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 has been filed by the appellants/claimants challenging the award dated 10/08/2017 passed by the First Additional Member, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (hereinafter referred to as the “Claims Tribunal”), Dabra, District Gwalior (M.P.) in Claim Case No. 26/2015, whereby the Claims Tribunal rejected the claim petition filed by the appellants/claimants.

2. Brief facts of the case are that on 18.09.2014 at about 12:00 noon, deceased Sangeeta was travelling on a motorcycle from village Lauch to village Kitora along with her nephew, Mangal Prajapati. When they reached ahead of Mehgaon, a motorcycle bearing registration No. MP07-MM-9768 coming from the opposite direction at high speed allegedly dashed against their motorcycle. Due to the impact, Sangeeta fell down and sustained serious head