CHAMPABEN & OTHERS Vs. HANUMAN RAMPATRAM & OTHERS

JUDGEMENT

(1.) FEELING aggrieved and dissatisfied with the judgment and award dated 24 -5 -2007 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (Aux.), Presiding Officer, FTC No.3, Vadodara,, (hereinafter referred to as "the learned Tribunal" for short) in Motor Accident Claims Petition No.490 of 1994 by which the learned Tribunal has partly allowed the said claim petition and has awarded a total sum of Rs.2,89,950/ - towards compensation for the death of the deceased -Chandulal alias Chandrakant Hansraj Shah along with interest @ 7.5.% p.a. from the date of claim petition till realization, the appellants herein -original claimants have preferred the present First Appeal.

(2.) FACTS leading to filing of present First Appeals in a nutshell are that in a vehicular accident which took place on 27 -10 -1993 at about 2 p.m., on Baroda -Por Road, the deceased Chandulal, who, at the relevant time was driving the motor cycle, met with an accident with the truck which, at the relevant time, was being driven by the original opponent No.1 and he sustained serious injuries and died on the spot. Therefore, the claimants, heirs and legal representatives of the deceased, filed the claim petition before the learned Tribunal claiming a total sum of Rs.50,00,000/ - towards compensation for the death of the deceased.

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