IN THE HON'BLE HIGH COURTOF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR APBELLANTS ~7~ ,2. / </, Misc. Appeal (C) No. 2-'2-3 /2011 Prabhadevi W/o Late Rajkumar, aged ' about 35 years, AjitKumarS/o Late Rajkumar.aged about 19years, . 3. Brijesh Kumar S/o Late Rajkumar, aged "^bout18years, All the appellants are: resident of Village - Belkona, P.S. and Tahsil - Shankargarh, District- Surguja (C.G.). VERSUS 1., Manish Kumar Sharma S/o V.K. Shrma / Occupation-VehicleOwner/Driver, Resident ofward no. 37, staffquarter, P.0. Domanhil, Chirmiri, District - Korea (Chhattisgarh) 2. Reliance General InsuranceCompany Limited.Range Office, Ravi Bhawan, ~ Vidhan Sabha Road, Pandari, Raipur (Chhattisgarh) . APPEAL UNDER SECTION 173 OF THE IVIOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988 CLAIM BERORE THE CLAIMS TRIBUNAL . ,/ ____ .^UJU-LLm «T RESPONDENTS /. •^ HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR DIVISION BENCH: HON'BLE MR. I.M.QUDDUSI & HON'BLE MR. G. MINHAJUDDIN. JJ. Appellant Insurer ResDondents Clahnants Appellants ResDondents MJL M ^to.512ffl011 Vs Reliance General Insurance Company Limited Prabha Devi andothers MJLrclNo.223/2011 Prabhadevi and others Vs Manish Kumar Sharma and another Present: Mr. Sourabh Sharma, counsel for the appellant/Retiance General Insurance Company Ud. in MA (c) No.512/11. Mr. Sunil Tripathi, counsel for the appdlants in ^4A (c) No.223/11. ORDER (Oran (2^>Jui ,20Tl) Per I.M. Quddusi. J; 1. Since the respondents/claimants are represented in MA (c) No.512/11, therefore, this appeal is being taken up atong with MA (c)No.223/11. 2. From perusal of the records, it appeare thirt there is no permission under Section 170 of the Motor Vehteles Act granted to the Insurance Company and the applftatiwi was n<A moved even before the Tribunal under Sectkwi 170 of the Act. 3. In tte matters of Sadhana Lodh Vs. Natton^ fttsunance Co. Ltd. ancf anoffier reported in fZOOS^ 3 SCC 524, HaQonal Inswwwo Co. UA Vs. Masten and anofter, 2008 f9 SCC Ml, BStoy imar Ougar Vs. Bidya Dhar Dtdta aod othws (2006) 3 SCC 242, the Hon'ble Supreme Court has held that in the absence of ^f^- /^"•^ "%. B 3 S l®*i»-B!|S x»,J<sy '•K»'s-eS!»r permission granted to the Insurance Company under Section 170 of the Motor Vehides Act, the Insurance Company cannot chaltenge ttie quantum of compensationawarded by the Tribunal in favour of the claimants. 4. Thus, in view of above, the appellant/insurance company has no right to file the appeal on the question of quantum, including that of contributory negligence. Therefore, the appeal {MA (c) No.512/11} is dismissed as not maintainable. 5. Misc. Appeat (c) No. 223/11 has been filed by the claimants for enhancement of the compensatiCTi. Since liability to pay the compensation has been fastened upon the insurance company and teamed counsel for the insurance company Shri Sourabh Sharma is present, there is no need to send notices. Since LCR is already available on record, this appeal is being disposed of at the stage of admission itself. 6. Brief facts of the case, as per claim petition, are that on 20.6.2009 in the moming Rajkumar, aged 38 yeare, was drivir^ Tata 1109 Truck No. CG 15A 3853 and when he reached near Village : Pasta, respondent No.1 Manish Kumaf, driver of the offending vehtesle Bolero No. CG 16B 0715. while driving the vehicle rashly and negl^ently, dashed the truck of the deceased, as a result, deceased Rajkumar sustained grievous injuries and he was taken to District Hospital, Ambikapur, where he cfied next day on 21.6.2009. The deceased was aged 38 yeare at the time of accident and used to eam Rs. 7.000/- per month by ihwnQ. He ateo used to eam Rs.12,000/- per year from agricuttural woric Since the claimarts were dependent upon the deceased, therefore, they daimed a trtal compensation of Rs.11,40.000/- uncter different heads with interest andcostofthesuit. 7. Heard leamed counsel for the-parties and perused the reconte as also the Impugned award. (n) (!) 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'sjesA Ot?-ze p dnojfi a6e aifl ua8M»aqsiqBoylde aq pinom gi. ;o jaiidniniu ay} '{.zi. 03S 9 (600Z) ui patiodai 'jatooue pue uoffefodioy vodsimsj. ffffSO "»A f'WtS/ euueA qwg ui umop piei Me| 01 Suipjoooe 'ajo^ejaqi •&ieaA gg se umoqs ueaq seq aBe aifl 'iusyouqsod aifl ui 'jaASMOH 'uogsenb ui tuspiooe p euiR 941 }e sjeaA o^ SB passesse uasq sey paseaoap aiff jo 86v 'Aouapuadsp lenuue eiff si ieyi '-/OOO'ZG'sy 01 aujeo jepuieuiaj aifl 'sasuadxe leuos.isd spjeMoi p,e/i Suipnpsp jayv -uinuue jad -/O00'8fr"sy "s"! qiuoui jed -/OOOysy psseaoep aifl ^o auiooui psssssse SBI) leunqui syi •g Khan/- 10. In the resutt, MA (c) No.512/11 is dismissed as not maintainable and MA (c) No.223/11 is allowed in part, modifying the impugned award, to the above extent. 11. No order as to costs. 12. Certified copy as per rules. Sd/- I.M.Quddusi Judge G ^^ SftV ^ ys .^s