Chhattisgarh High Court
MAC/351/2025 of SMT. MEENU THAPA Vs SHANTARAM VERMA on 30 September 2026
2026:CGHC:42746 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MAC No. 351 of 2025 1 - Smt. Meenu Thapa W/o Late Deepak Thapa Aged About 43 Years Resident Station Para, Sitapar, Balodabazar, District Balodabazar- Bhatapara And C.P. Cold Stores Khamtarai, P.S. Khamtarai, District Raipur
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NAFR
HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR
MAC No. 351 of 2025
1 - Smt. Meenu Thapa W/o Late Deepak Thapa Aged About 43
Years Resident Station Para, Sitapar, Balodabazar, District Balodabazar- Bhatapara And C.P. Cold Stores Khamtarai, P.S.
Khamtarai, District Raipur Chhattisgarh (Claimants)
2 - Sushma Thapa D/o Late Deepak Thapa Aged About 17 Years Minor Mother Smt. Meenu Thapa, Resident Station Para, Sitapar, Balodabazar, District Balodabazar- Bhatapara And C.P.
Cold Stores Khamtarai, P.S. Khamtarai, District Raipur Chhattisgarh 3 - Shubham Thapa S/o Late Deepak Thapa Aged About 16
Years Minor Mother Smt. Meenu Thapa, Resident Station Para, Sitapar, Balodabazar, District Balodabazar- Bhatapara And C.P.
Cold Stores Khamtarai, P.S. Khamtarai, District Raipur Chhattisgarh 4 - Shanti Thapa W/o A. B. Thapa Aged About 57 Years Resident Station Para, Sitapar, Balodabazar, District Balodabazar- Bhatapara And C.P. Cold Stores Khamtarai, P.S. Khamtarai, District Raipur Chhattisgarh 5 - Amar Bahadur S/o Nar Bahadur Aged About 72 Years Resident Station Para, Sitapar, Balodabazar, District Balodabazar- Bhatapara And C.P. Cold Stores Khamtarai, P.S.
Khamtarai, District Raipur Chhattisgarh
... Appellant(s)
versus
1 - Shantaram Verma S/o Kanshiram Verma, R/o House No.
669, Rameshwar Nagar, Bhanpur, Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh (Driver Of Offending Vehicle Car Bearing Registration No. C.G. 07 A.J. 7800)
2 - Kiran Verma S/o Rajendra Verma R/o Ward No. 1, Dhimar Chowk, Dhamdha, Durg, District Durg Chhattisgarh (Owner Of Offending Vehicle Car Bearing Registration No. C.G. 07 A.J.
3 - The New India Insurance Company Ltd. Through Divisional Manager, The New India Insurance Company Ltd. Address- Near
L.I.C. Building Jeevan Beema Marg, Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh Tahsil And District Raipur Chhattisgarh (Insurer Of Offending Vehicle Car Bearing Registration No. C.G. 07 A.J.
... Respondent(s)
For Appellants
: Smt. Dhaneshwari Patel, Advocate
For Respondent No.3 : Ms. Mansi Bande, Advocate Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal
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Order
on Board
(01.10.2026)
1. With the consent of learned counsel appearing for the appellants and respondent No.3–Insurance Company, the matter is heard finally.
2. This appeal under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 has been preferred by the appellants/claimants seeking enhancement of the compensation awarded by the 14th Additional Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Raipur (C.G.), vide impugned award dated 27.11.2024 passed in Claim Case No.817/2022, whereby the Claims Tribunal has awarded a total sum of 18,51,000/- as compensation on account of the ₹
death of Deepak Thapa, who succumbed to the injuries sustained in a road accident that occurred on 20.12.2021.
3. The Claims Tribunal, upon appreciation of the oral and documentary evidence available on record, assessed the monthly income of the deceased at 10,000/-, added 25% ₹
towards future prospects, deducted 1/4th towards personal expenses, applied the multiplier of 14 and awarded compensation under various heads as under: S.N. Head Calculation
Loss of dependency 15,75,000
Loss of estate 18,000
Funeral Expenses 18,000
Loss
of
consortium (Rs.48,000 each to the 5 claimants) 2,40,000 Total Awarded Amount Rs.18,51,000
4. Learned counsel appearing for the appellants submits that the compensation awarded by the Claims Tribunal is just and proper and does not require any further enhancement.
5. In view of the aforesaid submission made by learned counsel for the appellants, no further adjudication is required in the matter. Accordingly, the appeal, being devoid of merit, is dismissed.
6. No order as to costs.
Sd/- (Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal) Judge Khatai