NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO. LTD. vs SALEEM KHAN MEWATI & ORS.

$~P-12 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 17.12.2025 Pronounced on: 03.03.2026 Uploaded on: 03.03.2026 MAC.APP. 555/2025 & CM APPL. 79119/2025 (for modification) NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO. LTD. .....Appellant Through: Mr. Salil Paul, Mr. Sahil Paul Mr. Sandeep Dayal, Advocates. versus SALEEM KHAN MEWATI & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. G.C. Pandey, Mr. Vittan Khan & Ms. Parul Bisht, Advocates for R-1. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN JUDGMENT 1. The present appeal has been preferred by New India Assurance Co. Ltd. [“Insurance Company”], assailing an award dated 19.05.2025, passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal [“the Tribunal”] in MACT Case No. 775/2018. By the impugned award, the Tribunal awarded compensation of Rs. 1,25,35,440/-, alongwith interest at the rate of 7.5% per annum, in favour of the claimant [respondent No. 1 herein], arising out of a motor vehicle accident that occurred on 13.08.2016. A. FACTS 2. The facts of the accident, as borne out from the impugned award, 3. The claimant was thereafter removed from the site of the accident and taken in a PCR van to Columbia Hospital, Ghaziabad, where he remained under medical treatment for a c