c<r-</ IN THE HON'BLE HIGH CQURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MJSC, APPEAL (C) N0.-^ / 2009 APPELLANT : INSURER/RESPONDENT N0. 3 %^- t. :..-^-" VS'^'F ^^A'"° ^^%p ICICI Lombard General Insurance Co. Ltd., ICICI Towers, Bandra Kurta Complex, Bandra (East) Mumbai, Through it's Legal Manager, 3rd Floor, Lal Ganga Shopping Complex, G.E. Road, Raipur, Chhattisgarh „-"" VERSUS RESPONDENTS CLAIMANTS ^ 1. Paluram Patet, son of Shri Milayram ^ Patel, aged about 46 years, 2. Smt. Rukmani Patel, wife of Shri Paluram Patet, aged about44 years, Both residents of Village Memra, Thana and Tehsil Pithora, District Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh RESPONDENT N0. 1 3. Bhuwneshwar Rotiya, son of Shri Bahadur Rotiya, aged about 28 years, resident of village Kasira, Thana Chainpur, District Gumla, Jharkhand Presently residing at JBR Transport, Ring Road No. 2, Hirapur, Raipur, Chhattisgarh [ DRIVER ] ,^ £ES?0^2>E^T ^0-2- 4. Gurudarshand Singh, son of Shri ^ Surjeet Singh, age not known to the appellant, resident of JBR Movers Transport, Ring Road No. 2, Hirapur, Raipur, Chhattisgarh [VEHICLEOWNER] MEMgRANDUIVI OF APPEAL UNDER SECTION 173 OF THE MOTOR VEHICLESACT1988 yw%. i ^ ^&J 1 ^l^ ^ HIGH COURT OF CHHATTiSGARH AT BILASPUR DSVSSION BENCH: HON'BLE MR. I.M.QUDDUSI & HON'BLE MR. G. MiNHAJUDDIN. JJ. AppeSiants Insurer/respondent No.3 Resoondents Clalmanis M.A. rcl No. 784/2009 ICICI Lombard Generai Insurance Co. Ltd, Raipur (CG) Vs Paluram Patei and others Present: Mr. Amrito Das, Advocate for the appellant. Mr. SanjayAgrawal, counse! for respondents No. 1 & 2. ORDER (Oral) (28th July, 2011) Per 2.1VJ. Quddusi. J; 1. This appeal has been fiied by the appeltant/insurance company against the award of 10th Additional Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Raipur (in short "the Tribunal"), dated 26th February, 2009 passed in Claim Case No.93/08, insofar as it has fastened the liabitity to pay compensation upon the appellant/insurance company. 2. Brief facts of the case are that on 10.10.2008 at about 2 in the night Loknath Patel (deceased) was returning back to his home on his bicycle and as soon as he reached near his home, respondent No.3 by driving Truck No. CG 04 J-0812 (hereafter referred to as "the offending vehicie") in a rash and negligent manner dashed him, as a result of which he sustained grievous injuries over his hands, legs, waist and right thigh. He was taken to Govt. Hospitai, Pithoura, however, during treatment he died. Report of the accident was iodged in Poiice Station : Pithoura, whereupon offence was registered against respondent No.3. The deceased was engaged in the business of miik selling, in addition to agricuiture work. He was earnlng Rs.300-400/- per day by miik seliing and Rs.100-150/- by labour work. 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""•'^r' 7. tn the result, the appeal is allowed jn part. The jmpugned award is modified to the extent that the claimants would be entitled to get Rs.2,67,000/- as compensation, with simple interest @ 6% per annum from the date of ftling of the clajm petition tili its payment is made. Out of the aforesaid amount of compensation, Rs.2 lac shall be kept in fixed deposit in the joint names of claimants/parents of the deceased for a period of five years in a nationatized bank and remaining amount shall be paid to them. If such amount i.e. Rs. 2 lac, has aiready been kept in fixed deposit, the ciaimants shail be entitled to get the same after a period of five years from the date of such deposlt. 8. No order as to costs. Sd/- LM.Quddusi Judge Sd/- G. Minhajuddin Judge ^