C/FA/1393/2022 ORDER DATED: 15/12/2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/FIRST APPEAL NO. 1393 of 2022 With R/FIRST APPEAL NO. 1392 of 2022 With R/FIRST APPEAL NO. 1394 of 2022 ========================================================== ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Versus SANJAYBHAI KANTIBHAI VASAVA & ORS. ========================================================== Appearance: MR VIBHUTI NANAVATI(513) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR NISHIT A BHALODI(9597) for the Defendant(s) No. 3 RULE SERVED for the Defendant(s) No. 1,2 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HASMUKH D. SUTHAR Date : 15/12/2025 COMMON ORAL ORDER [1.0] Insurance Company is in First Appeals under section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. Challenge is made to the common judgment and award dated 30.09.2021 passed by the learned Motor Accident Claim Tribunal (Auxi.), Ankleshwar. The details of First Appeals concerning respective Motor Accident Claim Petitions alongwith amount of compensation awarded in respective claim petitions is as under: First Appeal No. MACP No. Amount Awarded (Rs.) 1393/2022 1456/2013 92,960/- 1392/2022 1455/2013 76,400/- 1394/2022 1457/2013 65,420/- [2.0] Heard learned advocates for the respective parties. [3.0] Since the amount involved in the present First Appeals is C/FA/1393/2022 ORDER DATED: 15/12/2025 not exceeding Rs.2,00,000/-, paying due regard to smallness of amount, this Court is of the considered view that the First Appeals should be disposed of as compensation awarded seems to be just and reasonable and no interference is called for. It is hereby made clear that these First Appeals are disposed of only on the ground of award of compensation being meager and small. This Court has not expressed any opinion on merits and question of law raised in this First Appeals is kept open to be urged in other proceedings which may arise from the same road accident / same judgment and award. It is made clear that this order will not come in the way of adjudication of any other First Appeal pending against same judgment and award or adjudication of any other claim petition arising from same road accident. Since the First Appeals are disposed of only on the contention of monetary value being small, principle of res judicata shall not be applied to any other proceedings arising from the same road accident or same judgment and award. [4.0] In view of above, present First Appeals are dismissed. Pending Civil Applications, if any, stands disposed of as having become infructuous. No order as to costs. [5.0] Record and Proceedings and amount, if any lying before this Court is ordered to be transmitted to the concerned Tribunal forthwith along with accrued interest, if any. The entire awarded amount be disbursed and released in favour of the claimants after due veri昀椀cation by transferring the said amount to the account of the claimants either by RTGS or NEFT mode. (HASMUKH D. SUTHAR, J.) Ajay Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge. Digitally signed by: AJAY CHANDRAN MENON(HC00939), PRINCIPAL PRIVATE SECRETARY, at High Court of Gujarat on 15/12/2025 16:42:54