~w m:THE.HON'BL®^I^. a»Ml(^ili[ iiaii©^R^^ M.^W^ti »IQI APPELI.ANT -APPI.ICANTNo.3 ^y y -^.f^^-^S^ ^Mtw"^ L...--"'"" ^MwsuslWMaaager^fewMdia ^ssuranee|€oiHpa^ TBalS<car^artiber,I>owerHouse,j (^E.Road,EByilai,^^^ E)istrfi;tDurg(Oiattisgarh). :^R^S^:',^:;.1:1.. •-,::• ::;.^^ SWSIWffiFiS- 4 j||sl|^lax!|E(iani:©evi,'wifeoflLate [Ratan.ly-^ *''.l'7"'',""""**"m"~'J^'1;! isffi||j|igBi ;ffii^iaged:;.5:S.years,,''-;1:'^^ ^ ^^^sM^-'oSWovt^'.A^Sv^^ PNiehRast^^anA(^o^,33^gl^ Bliilai,ThanaSu^ela,TaIisitand, DistrictDufg(C'faftattisgarh),^i •-1 •::•,:^ AI^&N"E .l-.'—--::;:.-' ^^^uiderSiBg^SonoSJagna^JS^ r©^ 'il^der Sjjng^s S0ffi pf lagtargSingh, cresid^of'faHta|[abadi,I3urg^^.<^g ^::I':';iNXM 'lR]^I(I^N APPEAL'UNDER^ S^@®<Mi'7i1®^]N<8Mt Efli@tEWiBI usm 9 •KSS. :;1:^^ ^H^ ®:SI ^ -.- »:;" ^- ^ ;-;•. .^ WlG ^U:Rf.©l®l-ISIil%ISS>%BIII?i»BI:i^l'U»g®,^ ,::]DlVIS10N^ N^fiWBBB!iBMSilllM^VIffiDl^l£^Ki^ ?:::-%:"';'@%si®NaEHKiBiigmi'nii.)mii3i ].jjt M.A.Ic1^M6.l228/2009 ADDellant, Non-aODlicantNo.S ReSporidents Vs ;iI^viSional|ManSg^,Neyv;;lnc|iaAssiarance ^iTi|^nyl;tiimitgdy,:@urg';j|G(3)?:.;:::.':j.^ll. F'admaniyDevi andothers Preseht: . .: :.^:'.:''.'i'^';'''.:. :-• • :1:-. '::'.'' '• Mr.rankajAgrawal.Goynsel^RtheaRpgllar^ •Mr,^miyaKant';T'jwari,8Q:unSel'lf6ETesp®n(:le!W:No.'l^^^^ M^ AP Sharma^(^nsehfoi-thelsibjec;tor. ^i >tliJE(RE@ER^caralt (12'''lSe|im|:>eir,2011) Perl.M.Quddusi.*) 01) This appeal has^been filed under! Seetion 473 of th^M .Vehi(^s^^,;:l;:1!£(8S^;agam:st^tRe^|a|fvar^ Motor^c^dentClaims^Tnbunal^C^IDu^^^^ passedinCjaimGage N0^34/08 <6ytheap^^^ cqmpany/ whereby liability has jbeen fa appel|ant/insyranc;&Gompany,jointlyandseverally,alQrig.with :thedriver:and'owner.^,.',;':, ..:'.'; •' ',: ;;(,:;;'''/ • r' 1^'" I 02) Bneffacts ofthe:castare tl^^R 17.5.^ pm, respondiintNo.2 b^driving^U^M^ > No. GG 04-©-Q538^(Hgreinafte^r^rred^t©'as["theEoflsndTO vehiele''), oWned by^resgonyent'|No.3j1and appellant atthe^|e\ranttime, rastllya^nep^ • Ashok^ngnTlMkaF^^3irgsultlp|vvHich|h^died^ 03) Atthe time oTaceid^t^the dec^seajwas^&^yeajs^ eaming Rs.35QO/-p@^oionthas^a|dnMerandwa^ Rs.100/-;as^daily^llQiwinee;^t?^claiFna^^^ ^deeease!d^'being?.hisi|i®al|laeir:.^jed-^^G||tirnj|)^ Secti6n^66 of^lie Mo1©r^^ic?^^ 's-. ^ _...:- Act,1988") for a total compensation of Rs.24,66,000/- under various heads. 04) However, learned Tribunal, after close scrutiny of the evidence adduced by the parties before it, awarded a total compensation of Rs.5,34,500/- in fayour of theclaimant, fastening the liability jointly and severally upon the appellant/insurance company and owner and driver of fhe offending vehiele. 05) We have heardlearned counsel for the parties, perused the LCR as also the impugned award. 06) In the instant case, thectaim petition was filed by the mother of the deceased only and the award has been made only in favourof mother ofthe deceased. 07) In proviso of sub-section (1) ofSeetion 166 oftheAct,1988it has been laid down thatwhere all the legal representatives of the deceased have not been joined in any such application for compensation, the application shall be made on behalf 6f or forthe benefitofallthe legal representativesof the deceased and the legal representatives who have notsojoined, shall be impleaded as respondents to the application. Sections 168 and 169 ofthe Act, 1988 cast a duty upon the claims Tribunal to conduct an enquiry into the claim. 08) Before this Court, an application (IA No.07) has been made on behalf of Smt. Urmila Singh; Sweety Singh, aged about 16 years; andAvinash Singh, agedabout 15 years, who are widow, daughter andsonof the deceased respectively. In these circumstances, the impugned award, which is in favour of only oneclaimant, is liable to beset aside. 09) In the result, the appeal isallowed in part. The impugned award dated 29.9.2008 passed in Claim Case No.34/08 is hereby set aside and the matteris remitted back to the Tribunal for decision afresh, in theligHt of observations made above.TheTribunalshallimpleadtlieotherclaimantsalso|as non-applicants in the elaim petition and thereafter, a fr6sh award shall bemade. \; if1-1 ^ 'iM^'^^gS^: '^^^^y^ll^f, 10) Needless to mentiSn^hiKt^^p^ amend the pleadings,^;adduee furiiher file dcffiymentSiORget^he;idQc^ments venfiediete.^ )the.award.shall^fflade^sifi'esh:.'.^: ! '.':•:•:.:.;;',<:';:,':, . i-:^ 11) Parties shall aFlpear;before|^he T 20:t1... ••' .:''.':. .,: ,:./';:.:^ 12) LCRshall besentbaek^<th®Tr[bunal;withoy^ 13) The amount which is in ^eposit,^ allowed to bew(ithdraWniby>tKe^aR^]|ant/insiy If the arriountcteposited^asialr^ady^b^§ ^ . claimant, the same^sl^] b^ s^ ''.•.taken^eSh^y^h^Tnbynal..'.^.^^ 1:: :14):, :.NQ'oitle^asttos^stSKl^|%^t:;^;gI;j:^:^ X ^1-5). •.Oei'tjfi'gclleQpyla&jlil '"':. ^^y':::: ^•::^-ifiK'K 'Sd/- LM-Quddusi Judge ^- - . Sd/-v^:- ^ G. Minhajuddin Judge ^^•w^ f-?- <,;-• "^K^