1 2026:CGHC:19896 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MAC No. 221 of 2020 Narhar Prasad Kurre, S/o. Late Amrit Prasad Kurre, Aged About 48 Years, R/o. Village Temri (Bade) Post Temri, Police Station Bori, Tahsil Dhamdha And District Durg, Chhattisgarh. ................Claimant ... Appellant versus 1 - Surendra Pal Singh Thakur, S/o. Late Shri Sher Bahadur Singh Thakur, R/o. Qr. No. 5/A, Street-18, Sector-2, Bhilai, Tahsil And District Durg Chhattisgarh (Owner Of Offending Vehicle Bus Bearing Registration No. C.G.07-E-1099) 2 - The Oriental Insurance Company Limited, Registered Office, Oriental House No. 25/27, Asaf Ali Road New Delhi, Through Divisional Manager, Divisional Office Parmanand Bhawan, Rajendra Park Near Chowk, Malviya Nagar, Durg Tahsil And District Durg, Chhattisgarh. (Insurer Of Offending Vehicle Bus Bearing Registration No.C.G.07-E- 1099) ... Respondents For Appellant : Mr. S.P.Sahu, Advocate For Respondent No.2 : Mr. Anil Gulati, Advocate ASHOK SAHU Digitally signed by ASHOK SAHU Date: 2026.04.29 16:10:29 +0530 2 (Single Bench) Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal Judgment on Board 29.04.2026 1. This appeal under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 has been preferred by the appellant/ claimant seeking enhancement of the amount of compensation, challenging the impugned award dated 03.08.2019 passed by learned Fourth Additional Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Durg (for short “the Claims Tribunal”) in Claim Case No.161/2018, by which the claim application of the claimant has been allowed and an amount of Rs.25,000/- has been awarded as compensation to the claimant for the injuries suffered by him in the accident occurred on 20.03.2017. 2. Mr. S.P. Sahu, learned counsel for the appellant/ claimant, would submit that just & proper compensation has not been awarded to the claimant by the learned Claims Tribunal, therefore, the amount of compensation be enhanced suitably. 3. Mr. Anil Gulati, learned counsel for the insurance company/ respondent No.2, would submit that the amount of compensation awarded by the learned Claims Tribunal is just & proper, which does not call for any interference. 3 4. I have heard learned counsel for the parties, considered their rival submissions made herein-above and gone through the records minutely. 5. After hearing learned counsel appearing for the parties and going through the record and further considering the injuries sustained by the appellant as rod was implanted on his right hand, it appears that very meager amount of Rs.25,000/- has been awarded to the claimant as compensation. Therefore, in my considered opinion, Rs. 75,000/- more is awarded to the appellant/claimant. Hence, the appellant/claimant is entitled for an amount of Rs. 75,000/- in addition to the amount of compensation already awarded by the Claims Tribunal. The concerned respondent is directed to deposit the amount of compensation as enhanced by this Court within a period of 45 days from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The additional amount of compensation shall carry interest @ 6% per annum from the date of filing of claim application before the Tribunal till its realization. Rest of the conditions of the impugned award shall remain intact. 6. In the result, the appeal is partly allowed and the impugned award is modified to the extent as indicated herein-above. Sd/- (Sanjay K. Agrawal) Ashok Judge