FA/3157/2025

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NEUTRAL CITATION C/FA/3157/2025 JUDGMENT DATED: 18/06/2026 2026:GUJHC:37289 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/FIRST APPEAL NO. 3157 of 2025 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE MOOL CHAND TYAGI ========================================================== Approved for Reporting Yes No ========================================================== RELIANCE GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Versus RIKINKUMAR BHARATBHAI PATEL & ORS. ========================================================== Appearance: MASUMI V NANAVATY(9321) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR VIBHUTI NANAVATI(513) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR H M SHAH(3997) for the Defendant(s) No. 3,4,5,7 NOTICE SERVED for the Defendant(s) No. 1,2 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE MOOL CHAND TYAGI Date : 18/06/2026 JUDGMENT 1. The captioned appeal has been preferred by the original opponent No.3/appellant herein – Insurance Company against the impugned judgment dated 14.08.2024 passed by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (Aux.) & 7 th Additional District Judge, at Ahmedabad (Rural) in M.A.C.P. No. 1029 of 2015, whereby the learned Tribunal had partly allowed the Claim Petition and awarded a sum of Rs.36,54,176/- along with interest at the rate of 9% per annum, from the date of filing of the claim petition till its realization, as compensation. Page 1 of 7 Uploaded by () on Downloaded on : Tue Jun 30 21:06:00 IST 2026 NEUTRAL CITATION C/FA/3157/2025 JUDGMENT DATED: 18/06/2026 2026:GUJHC:37289 2. The succinct facts, which led to the filing of the captioned appeal, as narrated in the Claim Petition are summarized as under:- i. On 14.01.2014, Mr. Vrajlal Kanjibhai Bagda (hereinafter referred to as the “deceased”) was riding his motorcycle bearing regis