UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO LTD vs KUSUM DEVI & ORS

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Pronounced on: 20th January, 2025 + MAC.APP. 83/2015 & CM APPL. 1380/2015 (stay), CM APPL.12689/2015 (under Order 41 Rule 22 CPC) UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO. LTD. .....Appellant Through: Ms. Neerja Sachdeva, Advocate through VC. versus 1. KUSUM DEVI W/o Dinesh Kumar .....Respondent No.1 2. DINESH KUMAR S/o Ram ....Respondent No. 2 3. SHAHID ALI S/o I. Ali ....Respondent No. 3 4. DELHI TRANSPORT CORPORATION ...Respondent No. 4 Through: Mr. Pankaj Gupta, Advocate for R-1 & 2. + MAC.APP. 232/2016 1. KUSUM DEVI W/o Sh. Dinesh Kumar .....Appellant No.1 2. DINESH KUMAR S/o Sh. Ram ....Appellant No. 2 3. SHAHID ALI S/o Sh. I Ali ....Appellant No. 3 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed MAC.APP. 83/2015 & MAC.APP. 232/2016 Page 1 of 9 By:VIKAS ARORA Signing Date:21.01.2025 15:03:28 4. DELHI TRANSPORT CORPORATION .....Appellant No.4 Through: Mr. Pankaj Gupta, Advocate. versus UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO. LTD. .....Respondent Through: Ms. Neerja Sachdeva, Advocate for R-1 through VC. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA J U D G M E N T NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J. MAC.APP. 83/2015 & MAC.APP. 232/2016 1. By this Order, the aforesaid two Cross-Appeals bearing MAC. APP. 83/2015 under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988 (hereinafter referred to as ‘M.V. Act’) and MAC. APP. 232/2016 under Order 41 Rule 22 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as ‘IPC’) preferred by the Insurance Company and the Claimants respectively, have challenged the Award dated 28.10.2014 whereby compensation in the sum of Rs.32,53,500/- along with the interest @9% p.a., has been granted to the Claimants, on account of demise of Mr. Ashish Kumar Garg, aged about 23 years in a road accident on 28.05.2013. MAC. APP. No. 83/2015 By the