DELHI STATE LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITY DSLSA ) vs SMT. DURGAWANTI & ORS.

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on : 19 December 2024 Judgment pronounced on: 03 February 2025 CM(M) 500/2021 & CM APPL. 23172/2021 DELHI STATE LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITY (DSLSA) ..… Petitioner Through: Ms. Deepali Gupta, Adv. versus SMT. DURGAWANTI & ORS. ....Respondents Through: Mr. Manish Maini, Amicus Curiae. Mr. T. Kanniappan, Adv. for R-1 to R-4. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DHARMESH SHARMA JUDGMENT 1. This Judgment shall decide the present Civil Miscellaneous (Main) Petition filed by the petitioner/DSLSA 1, invoking Article 227 of the Constitution of India, 1950, thereby assailing the impugned judgment/award dated 25.01.2021, passed by the learned Additional District Judge-01/Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (North West), Rohini Courts, Delhi [“learned Tribunal”], in MACT Case No. 217/19/17, titled Durgawanti & Ors. vs. Sh. Bhupinder Singh, whereby, in an apparently hit and run motor accident resulting in death, the claimants, being the widow, two daughters and one son of 1Delhi State Legal Services Authority 2. Shorn of unnecessary details, the respondents, being the legal heirs of the deceased, filed a claim for compensation under the Motor Vehicles