FIRST APPEAL FROM ORDER No. 2459 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD FIRST APPEAL FROM ORDER No. - 2459 of 2025 The New India Assurance Co. Ltd. .....Appellant(s) Versus Smt Jyoti And 5 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Abhinav Shukla Counsel for Respondent(s) : AFR Court No. - 38 HON'BLE SANDEEP JAIN, J. 1. The instant appeal under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 has been preferred by the insurer of the offending Maruti Eco car No.UP- 25DC-5093 against the impugned judgment and award dated 08.08.2025 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Rampur in Motor Accident Claim Petition No.57 of 2023 (Smt. Jyoti and others vs. Mahesh Pal and others), whereby for the untimely death of Sanjeev Kumar on 18.01.2023 in a motor accident that occurred on 15.01.2023, a compensation of Rs.23,98,774/- alongwith interest @ 7% per annum has been awarded to claimants, which is ordered to be indemnified by the appellant - insurance company. 2. The factual matrix of the case is that on 15.01.2023 at about 6:00 p.m., on the Milak–Bilaspur Road in village Tiraha, within the jurisdiction of Police Station Milak, District Rampur, the deceased Sanjeev Kumar was driving his motorcycle bearing registrati