Allahabad High Court · 2025-10-31
FIRST APPEAL FROM ORDER No. 3197 of 2016 at Allahabad
- Citation / case number
- FIRST APPEAL FROM ORDER No. 3197 of 2016 at Allahabad
- Court
- Allahabad High Court
- Petitioner
- FIRST APPEAL FROM ORDER No. 3197 of 2016 at Allahabad
- Respondent
- Unknown
Judgment text excerpt
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD FIRST APPEAL FROM ORDER No. - 3197 of 2016 Smt. Anju Verma And 2 Others .....Appellant(s) Versus Sameer Sharma And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Mohan Srivastava Counsel for Respondent(s) : Pawan Kumar Singh 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 claimants for enhancement of compensation against the impugned judgment and award dated 29.07.2016 passed by Babita Rani, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal/Additional District Judge, Court No.3, Saharanpur in M.A.C.P. No.159 of 2014 (Smt. Anju Verma and others vs. Sameer Sharma and others), whereby in a claim petition filed under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, for the untimely death of Himanshu Verma on 26.06.2014, in a motor accident that occurred on 16.06.2014, a compensation of Rs.21,93,216/- alongwith interest @ 7% per annum has been awarded to claimants, which has been ordered to be indemnified by the insurer of the offending Bus No.UP-11- AT-0178. 2. Since there is no cross-appeal by driver, owner and insurer of the offending bus, as such, the factum of accide