FA/1037/2022

NEUTRAL CITATION C/FA/1037/2022 JUDGMENT DATED: 16/12/2025 2025:GUJHC:71893 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/FIRST APPEAL NO. 1037 of 2022 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HASMUKH D. SUTHAR Sd/- ========================================================== Approved for Reporting Yes No ✔ ========================================================== THE NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO LTD Versus MINOR MAHENOOR ASIFBHAI SHAIKH & ORS. ========================================================== Appearance: MS KIRTI S PATHAK(9966) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR AMIT C NANAVATI(1384) for the Defendant(s) No. 1,2,3,4,5 NISHIT A BHALODI(9597) for the Defendant(s) No. 7 RULE SERVED for the Defendant(s) No. 6 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HASMUKH D. SUTHAR Date : 16/12/2025 ORAL JUDGMENT 1. The present appeal under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 has been filed by the appellant-insurance company challenging the judgment and award dated 20.01.2022 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (Main), Ahmedabad (Rural) at Mirzapur in Motor Accident Claim Petition Nos. 585 of 2016, whereby the learned Tribunal has