NEW INDIA ASSURANCE COMPANY Vs. ANIL PRAKASH NAIK

JUDGEMENT

(1.) HEARD the learned Counsel for the insurer-appellant. The insurer-appellant feels aggrieved by the award of an amount of Rs. 7,72,500/'- as compensation to the claimants on account of the untimely death of Navneet Naik, son of the claimants, aged about 20 years in an accident involving the offending motor vehicle, a tanker bearing registration No. M.P. 23 DA/1239.

(2.) THE learned Counsel for the insurer-appellant has urged that taking into consideration the age of the deceased, the amount of compensation awarded by the Tribunal is excessive.

(3.) IT has next been contended by the learned Counsel for the appellant that there was a breach of terms and conditions subject to which the insurance policy had been issued covering the risk. The contention is that the offending motor vehicle was being driven by a driver who had no valid licence.