YOGESH YADAV vs GANESH CHANDER AND ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Decided on: 12.12.2025 MAC.APP. 793/2025 & CM APPLs. 78679-78681/2025 YOGESH YADAV .....Appellant Through: Mr. Satish Dabas, Mr. Sandeep Singh Nainwal, Advocates. versus GANESH CHANDER AND ANR .....Respondents Through: CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN PRATEEK JALAN, J. (ORAL) 1. The appellant, who was the driver-cum-owner of a water tanker bearing registration No. HR-55K-7128 [“the insured vehicle”], assails an award of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal [“Tribunal”] dated 18.09.2024 in MACT. No. 434/2017. 2. The impugned award, the Detailed Accident Report [“DAR”], and the evidence recorded by the Tribunal, have been filed alongwith the appeal. A. FACTS 3. The facts of the accident, as narrated in the award, are that the claimant [respondent No.1 herein] was employed as a guard with L&T Company through a security agency by the name of Shri Bala Ji Security Service. He was on duty at Gate No. 3 of Indira Gandhi Hospital, Sector- 2016. 4. On 05.10.2016, on the basis of the claimant’s statement made to the police, FIR No. 525/2016 was registered against the appellant, under Sections 279 and 337 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. The poli