HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Appeal From Order No. 308 of 2025 ^th Edelweiss General Insurance Company Ltd.

……Appellant/Insurance Company Versus Govindi Devi and Others ………Respondents ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Presence:-

Mr. Prabhat Pande, learned counsel for the appellant.

Mr. Devesh Upreti, learned counsel for the claimants/respondents. ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Hon’ble Mr. Alok Mahra, J.

This appeal, under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (‘the Act’) has been preferred by the appellant/Insurance Company assailing the judgment and award dated 18.09.2024 passed by the learned M.A.C.T./District Judge, Champawat in M.A.C.P. No. 13 of 2023, whereby the Tribunal partly allowed the claim petition and awarded a total compensation of ₹13,13,500/- in favour of the claimants.

2. There is a delay of 251 days in filing the present appeal. A delay condonation application (I.A. No. 1 of 2025) supported by an affidavit has been filed by the appellant. Cause shown is found sufficient. Delay in filing the appeal is condoned. Delay condonation application is allowed.

3. Brief facts of the case, as