FA/186/2014

NEUTRAL CITATION C/FA/186/2014 JUDGMENT DATED: 22/09/2025 2025:GUJHC:56486 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/FIRST APPEAL NO. 186 of 2014 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D. M. VYAS ========================================================== Approved for Reporting Yes No ========================================================== ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD Versus GAJRIBEN VASANTBHAI PATEL & ORS. ========================================================== Appearance: MR ANAL S SHAH(3988) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR.HIREN M MODI(3732) for the Defendant(s) No. 1,2,3,4 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D. M. VYAS Date : 22/09/2025 ORAL JUDGMENT 1. The present appeal is filed by the appellant/insurance company (original respondent no.3) under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (hereinafter referred to as the “Act, 1988”) being aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned judgment and award dated 29.08.2012 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (Main), Valsad in MACP No.250 of 2005. 2. The facts of the case are that, on 16-08-2005 at about 5:30 p.m., the deceased Vasantbhai was riding his b