® L F IN THE HON'BLE HIGH COURT OF C.G. AT BILASPUR M.A. (Cl No/)/,o of 2010 /"/ -^ ^>PELLANT/ ^Owner ^. t •^••"..: 1 '^•r:^ .ap,^'J ^^ : ^/ Rajkumar Gupta, S/o Shri Haridas Gupta, aged about 43 years, through Vishal Petrol Pump, Kharsia Road, Ambikapur, District-Sarguja (C.G.) Lv ^ VBRSUS RESPONDENTS/ dmants y^a > •^ Jagsai, S/o Amoli, aged about 60 years, Caste-Khairwar Santoshi, D/o Late Nawal Singh, aged about 10 years, Umesh Singh (wrongly mentioned as Umrash Singh), aged about 4 years, S/o Late Nawal Singh Respondent No. 2 & 3 are minor, through legal guardian mother Jagsai, D/o Amoli, All R/o Village-Harra, P.S. & Tahsil-Manendragarh, District- Korea (C.G.) The Oriental Insurance Company Limited, through Branch Manager, Ambikapur, District-Sarguja (C.G.) Rajesh Jaiswal, S/o Bechu Ram, aged about 30 years; Occupation-Driver, R/o-Kudaili, P. S.-Patna, Tahsil-Baikunthpur, District-Korea (C.G.) MEMO OF APPEAL UNDEI?_SECTION 173 OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE ACT 1988 FOR ENHANCEMENT Insurer ^ Driver 5. HIGHCOURTOFCMHATTISGARH^TBILASPUR D.B.: Hon'ble Shri Justice I.M. Quddusi and Hon'bleShri Justice PrashantKumar Mishra Appellant Miscellaneous Appeal (C.l No.251 of 2010 The Oriental Insurance Company Limited versus Respondents Jagsai and others Present: Shri SudhirAgrawal, counsel forthe appellant. Shri Samir Singh and Shri Anil Gulati, counsel for respondents No.1 to3. Shri Prateek Sharma, counsel for respondent No.4. MiscejlaneoysAppea] ynder Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act Appellant Miscellaneous Appeal (C.) No.943 of 2010 Rajkumar Gupta versus Respondents Jagsai and others Present: Shri Prateek Sharma, counsel for the appellant. Shri Samir Singh and Shri Anil Gulati, counsel for respondents No.1 to3. Shri.SudhirAgrawal, counsel for respondent No.4. Miscellaneous Appeal under Section 1 73 of the Motor Vehicles Act ORAL ORDER (Passed on 28th February, 2011) Per I.NI. 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Besides this, there are three claimants and jf Rs.5,000/- each towards love and affection, Rs.5,000/- towards funeral expenses and Rs.5,000/- towards loss of estate are awarded, it will coffie to Rs.25,000/-, therefore, no change is found in the amount of compensation, hence, the appeal of the ownerfails and is hereby dismissed. 8. In view of the above mentioned facts and circumstances, the award is modified to the above extent. The remaining conditions of the award shall remain intact. 9. In the result, Miscellaneous Appeal (C.) No.251/2010 preferred by the insurance company is allowed and Miscellaneous Appeal (C.) No.943/2010 preferred by the owner is dismissed. The amount, which is already in deposit, shall be adjusted towards the amount of compensation. The deposit made by the insurance company shall be refunded to it, however, in case, payment has been made to the claimants, it will be open for the insurance company to recover the amount from the owner and the driver of the vehicle. There shall be no order as to costs. Gopal Sd/- I.M.Quddusi Judge Sd/- Prashant Kumar Mishra Judge -«-?-'m^a.>^ '«3 £^.E?S7r"W^f^^w:^T"?S^_.';:'-'^?T[