THE NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO. LTD vs BINDU DEVI AND ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Decided on: 17.11.2025 MAC.APP. 640/2025 THE NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO. LTD .....Appellant Through: Mr. Dharmendra Sharma and Mr. Bhupender, Advocates. versus BINDU DEVI AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Omkar Kushwaha, Advocate. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN PRATEEK JALAN, J. (ORAL) CM APPL. 61511/2025 (for exemption) 1. Exemption allowed, subject to all just exceptions. 2. The application stands disposed of. MAC.APP. 640/2025 & CM APPL. 61512/2025 (for stay) 3. The appellant- New India Assurance Co. Ltd. [“Insurance Company”] is in appeal against an award of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal [“the Tribunal”] dated 05.08.2025 in MAC Petition No. 203/2020. 4. The claim is based upon an accident which took place on 08.07.2020 in front of Triveni Colony, Bakhtawarpur Road, Delhi. The accident was between a truck [bearing registration No. DL-1LW-9617] [“the insured vehicle”] and a rickshaw of one Sh. Ganesh Yadav. The accident resulted in the death of Sh. Ganesh Yadav, who was then aged about 52 years. 5. The claim was instituted by the respondents Nos. 1 to 4 herein, being the wife, two sons and daughter of the deceased. 6. Havin