RAJU BOTHRA ALIAS RAJENDRA BOTHRA ALIAS RAJENDRA KUMAR JAIN Vs. DIVISIONAL MANAGER, NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO LTD

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The claimant in MACC No.368 of 2000 in the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Jalpaiguri is the appellant in this appeal. He is aggrieved by the award of the claims tribunal dated April 9, 2003. He applied for fault liability compensation under s.166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 on November 6, 2000.

(2.) His case was as follows:-

(3.) The insurance company contested the case by filing a written statement. The owner of the offending vehicle also filed written statement denying and disputing the correctness of every material fact. In proof of his case the appellant examined himself as PW1 and an eyewitness to the accident as PW2. The insurance company did not give any evidence.