Cholamandlam Ms General Insurance Company Limited v. Santosh And Others
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The present appeal has been filed by the appellant-Insurance company against the award dated 10.01.2019 passed in a claim petition filed under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Fatehabad (for short, 'the Tribunal'), wherein the appellantInsurance company was held liable to pay the compensation of Rs.20,86,000/- to the claimants along with interest @ 7.5 % per annum from the date of filing of claim petition till recovery. BRIEF FACTS OF THE CASE 2.
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Upon notice of the claim petition, respondents therein appeared and contested the claim petition by filing separate written statement denying the factum of accident/compensation.
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From the pleadings of the parties, the Tribunal framed the following issues:-
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After taking into consideration the pleadings and the evidence on record, the learned Tribunal awarded compensation to the claimants. Hence, the present appeal.
SUBMISSIONS OF LEARNED COUNSEL FOR THE PARTIES: Learned counsel for the appellant-Insurance Company contends that learned Tribunal has wrongly decided issue No.1 whereas, respondents No.1 to 5 claimants could not prove the factum of accident, therefore, he prays for dismissal of the present appeal.
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Per contra learned counsel for the respondent-claimants contends that learned Tribunal has rightly awarded the compensation to the claimants/respondents No.1 to 5. Therefore, he prays for dismissal of the present appeal.
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I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the whole record of the case with their able assistance.
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The statutory amount of Rs.25,000/- deposited by the appellants at the time of admission of the appeal, is ordered to be refunded to them.
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