FA/264/2025

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NEUTRAL CITATION C/FA/264/2025 JUDGMENT DATED: 16/06/2026 2026:GUJHC:37088 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/FIRST APPEAL NO. 264 of 2025 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE MOOL CHAND TYAGI ========================================================== Approved for Reporting Yes No ========================================================== RABARI RAJUBHAI S/O ISHVARBHAI & ANR. Versus PATEL MEHULKUMAR GORDHANBHAI & ORS. ========================================================== Appearance: NISHIT A BHALODI(9597) for the Appellant(s) No. 1,2 MR KAMLESH S KOTAI(6150) for the Defendant(s) No. 1 MR TANMAY B KARIA(6833) for the Defendant(s) No. 3 NOTICE SERVED for the Defendant(s) No. 2 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE MOOL CHAND TYAGI Date : 16/06/2026 JUDGMENT 1. The captioned appeal is filed against the impugned judgment and award dated 22.03.2024 passed by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (Main), Mahesana in MACP No.63/2021, whereby the learned Tribunal had partly allowed the claim petition and awarded a sum of Rs.6,28,656/- as a compensation along with interest at the rate of 9% per annum from the date of filing of claim petition till its realization. 2. The succinct facts leading to file the captioned appeal are that on Page 1 of 7 Uploaded by () on Downloaded on : Tue Jun 30 23:29:42 IST 2026 NEUTRAL CITATION C/FA/264/2025 JUDGMENT DATED: 16/06/2026 2026:GUJHC:37088 03.01.2021, at about 5:30 a.m., when the deceased-Rabari Ishvarbhai Jorabhai was proceeding towards farm as pedestrian, in the meantime, the driver of the Toyota Etios car bearing registration no.GJ-2-BD-8783 came by driving the said car at an excessive speed so as to endangering the human life and hit the deceased from beh