{"id":198795,"date":"2011-04-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/new-vs-bhagatbhai-on-5-april-2011"},"modified":"2016-06-18T18:36:28","modified_gmt":"2016-06-18T13:06:28","slug":"new-vs-bhagatbhai-on-5-april-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/new-vs-bhagatbhai-on-5-april-2011","title":{"rendered":"New vs Bhagatbhai on 5 April, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Gujarat High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">New vs Bhagatbhai on 5 April, 2011<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Ks Jhaveri,&amp;Nbsp;<\/div>\n<pre>   Gujarat High Court Case Information System \n\n  \n  \n    \n\n \n \n    \t      \n         \n\t    \n\t\t   Print\n\t\t\t\t          \n\n  \n\n\n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t\n\n\n \n\n\n\t \n\nFA\/2143\/1992\t 2\/ 2\tORDER \n \n \n\n\t\n\n \n\nIN\nTHE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD\n \n\n \n\n\n \n\nFIRST\nAPPEAL No. 2143 of 1992\n \n\nWith\n\n\n \n\nFIRST\nAPPEAL No. 2144 of 1992\n \n\nwith\n \n\nCIVIL\nAPPLICATION NO. 4372 OF 1992\n \n\nWITH\n\n\n \n\nCIVIL\nAPPLICATION NO. 4374 OF 1992\n \n\n \n \n=========================================================\n\n \n\nNEW\nINDIA ASSURANCE CO.LTD. - Appellant(s)\n \n\nVersus\n \n\nBHAGATBHAI\nUGABHAI &amp; 2 - Defendant(s)\n \n\n=========================================================\n \nAppearance\n: \n(MR\nPV NANAVATI) for\nAppellant(s) : 1,MR VIBHUTI NANAVATI for Appellant(s) : 1,MR SUNIT S\nSHAH for Appellant(s) : 1, \nNone for Defendant(s) : 1 -\n3. \n=========================================================\n\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nCORAM\n\t\t\t: \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\tMR.JUSTICE KS JHAVERI\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n \n\nDate\n: 05\/04\/2011 \n\n \n\n \n \nORAL\nORDER<\/pre>\n<p>1.\tBy<br \/>\nway of these appeals,  the appellant has challenged the judgement<br \/>\ndated 09.04.1992 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (Aux.),<br \/>\nJunagadh in MACP No. 326 of 1984 and Motor Accident Claims Petition<br \/>\nNo.  No. 348 of 1984 whereby compensation of Rs. 83,040\/- with<br \/>\ninterest at  7.5%  and Rs. 28,500\/- with interest at 12% was ordered<br \/>\nrespectively.\n<\/p>\n<p>2.<br \/>\nThe Tribunal has awarded less than Rs. 50,000\/- as compensation to<br \/>\nthe claimants-respondents holding the appellant liable for the<br \/>\npayment of compensation for the accident in question.  The claim in<br \/>\nappeal as well as the amount of compensation are small and  therefore<br \/>\nthis court is not inclined to entertain the present appeals on the<br \/>\nground of smallness of claim.\n<\/p>\n<p>3.\tFirst<br \/>\nAppeals stand disposed of accordingly.  However, this may not be<br \/>\ntreated as a precedent. No order as to costs.  In view of the above,<br \/>\nCivil Applications also stand disposed of accordingly.\n<\/p>\n<p>(K.S.\n<\/p>\n<p>JHAVERI, J.)<\/p>\n<p>Divya\/\/<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   Top<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gujarat High Court New vs Bhagatbhai on 5 April, 2011 Author: Ks Jhaveri,&amp;Nbsp; Gujarat High Court Case Information System Print FA\/2143\/1992 2\/ 2 ORDER IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD FIRST APPEAL No. 2143 of 1992 With FIRST APPEAL No. 2144 of 1992 with CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 4372 OF 1992 WITH CIVIL APPLICATION [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gujarat-high-court","category-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New vs Bhagatbhai on 5 April, 2011 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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