U P STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION vs SHIVAM YADAV & ANR.

IN THE HIGH COURTOF DELHIAT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on:19.05.2025 MAC.APP. 448/2024, CM APPL. 49047/2024 & CM APPL. 65412/2024 & CM APPL. 5223/2025 U P STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION .....Appellant versus SHIVAM YADAV & ANR. ..... Respondents Advocates who appeared in this case: For the Applicant : Mr. Shadab Khan, Adv. For the Respondent :Mr. Manish Manni and Ms. Aastha Chauhan,Advs. for R-1. CORAM HON’BLE MR JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT MAC.APP. 448/2024, CM APPL. 49047/2024 & CM APPL. 65412/2024 & CM APPL. 5223/2025 & MAC. APP………/2025 (to be numbered) 1. The present appeal has been filed challenging the Award dated 22.05.2024 (hereafter ‘impugned award’) passed by the learned Presiding Officer, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Karkardooma 7.5% p.a. from the date of filing the Claim Petition till the date of realization. 2. Briefly stated, the facts of the case are that on 08.07.2014, at about 10:00 am, when Respondent No. 1/ claimant was travelling in his car with his relatives namely– Smt. Poonam Yadav, Sh. Niranjan Yadav and Sh. Mukesh Yadav, from Delhi to his native village in Gannaur, UP, a UP Roadways bus bearing registration No. UP-14AT- 8536, being driven by Resp