FA/4574/2025

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NEUTRAL CITATION C/FA/4574/2025 JUDGMENT DATED: 16/06/2026 2026:GUJHC:37297 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/FIRST APPEAL NO. 4574 of 2025 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE MOOL CHAND TYAGI ========================================================== Approved for Reporting Yes No ========================================================== SHAITANARAM @ SHAITANRAM BIRBALRAM BHIL Versus KHALIDBHAI GAFARBHAI MAJOTHI & ORS. ========================================================== Appearance: MR RATHIN P RAVAL(5013) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR NAGESH C SOOD(1928) for the Defendant(s) No. 3 NOTICE SERVED for the Defendant(s) No. 1,2 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE MOOL CHAND TYAGI Date : 16/06/2026 JUDGMENT 1. Captioned appeal is filed against the impugned judgment and award dated 08.09.2025 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (Aux.-IV) and 4 th Additional District Judge, Gandhidham- Kachchh in Motor Accident Claim Petition No.157 of 2022, whereby the learned Tribunal had partly allowed the claim petition and awarded a sum of Rs.4,61,499/- as a compensation along with the interest at the rate of 9% per annum from the date of filing of the claim petition till its realization. Page 1 of 5 Uploaded by () on Downloaded on : Tue Jun 30 23:52:06 IST 2026 NEUTRAL CITATION C/FA/4574/2025 JUDGMENT DATED: 16/06/2026 2026:GUJHC:37297 2. The succinct facts leading to file the captioned appeal are that on 17.11.2016, claimant- Shaitanaram @ Shaitanram Birbalram Bhil was travelling on a motorcycle bearing registration No.GJ-12-CK-4211 to Gandhidham for the work of company. While returning from work, at about 7:30 hours, when he reached at the place of accident, in the meantime, the opponent No.1 cam