UTTARAKHAND TRANSPORT CORPORATION vs MUKESH KUMAR PAL & ANR.

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$~5 (25.11.2025) * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Decided on: 26.11.2025 + MAC.APP. 564/2025 & CM APPL. 55142/2025 UTTARAKHAND TRANSPORT CORPORATION .....Appellant Through: Mr. Daleep Dhyani. versus MUKESH KUMAR PAL & ANR. .....Respondents Through: None. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN PRATEEK JALAN, J. (ORAL) 1. This appeal has been listed today, as 25.11.2025 was declared a holiday vide Notification No. 35/G-4/Genl.-I/DHC dated 24.11.2025. 2. The appellant – Uttarakhand Transport Corporation, which is the owner of a bus bearing registration No. UK-07-PA-1374, assails an award of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal [“the Tribunal”] dated 28.05.2025 in MACT No. 71/2020. The Tribunal has awarded compensation of Rs.24,58,084/- alongwith interest at 7.5% per annum to respondent No. 1 – claimant, who was injured in an accident involving the said bus. 3. The facts of the case, as set out in the claim petition, are that the claimant was riding a motorcycle bearing registration No. DL-13-SN-0538, alongwith a pillion rider, on 10.07.2018. At about 06:00 p.m., at a location close to Chowki Patel Nager, District Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, the motorcycle was hit by the said bus. The claimant suffered grievous injuries Signature Not Verified Signed By:BHUPENDER Signing Date:28.11.2025 12:42:52 as a result, and was hospitalised three times – once for one night, once for about eleven days, and on the third occasion, he was discharged the same day. He filed the claim petition seeking compensation against the appellant and respondent No. 2 herein, who was the driver of the bus. 4. The driver was also charged in criminal proceedings arising out of FIR No. 1417/2018 dated 11.07.2018, lodged at P.S. Sihani Gate, District Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. After investigation, a c