FA/549/2016

NEUTRAL CITATION C/FA/549/2016 JUDGMENT DATED: 14/08/2025 2025:GUJHC:50341 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/FIRST APPEAL NO. 549 of 2016 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D. M. VYAS ========================================================== Approved for Reporting Yes No ========================================================== BABBAN @ BAJIRAO SHANTANU THIKANE Versus RAMESHBHAI DAHYABHAI PATEL & ANR. ========================================================== Appearance: MR.HIREN M MODI(3732) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 ABATED for the Defendant(s) No. 1 MS HINA DESAI(1023) for the Defendant(s) No. 2 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D. M. VYAS Date : 14/08/2025 ORAL JUDGMENT 1. The present appeal is filed by the original claimant under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (hereinafter referred to as the “Act, 1988”) being aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned judgment and award dated 31/03/2014 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (Auxiliary) and 4th Additional District Judte, Vadodara in MACP No.1600 of 1998. 2. Short facts of the claim case are as under: 2.1. On 01/12/1994, the ap