1 CGHC010245412021 2026:CGHC:36678 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MAC No. 554 of 2021 Smt. Dashri W/o Hidmo Aged About 25 Years Caste Madiya R/o Village Errakot Pandu Para P.S. Darbha District Bastar Chhattisgarh., District : Bastar(Jagdalpur), Chhattisgarh ... Appellant versus 1 - Santosh Nag S/o Lacchuram Nag Aged About 22 Years R/o Village Pakela Bhandaripara P.S. Chindgarh District Sukma C.G. (Driver Of The Vehicle) 2 - Lacchuram S/o Late Nawal Nag Aged About 56 Years R/o Village Pakela Bhandari Para P.S. Chindgarh District Sukma C.G. (Owner Of The Vehicle) 3 - Iffco Tokiyo Insurance Co. Shop No. 205 Flor M.M. Silvar Bhavan Ring Road No. 01 In Front Of Udhyog Bhavan Mahaveer Nagar Raipur Chattisgarh (Insurance Co. Of The Vehicle) --- Respondent(s) For Appellant/Claimant : Mr. Santosh Bharat, Advocate For Respondents No.1 & 2 : None For Respondent No.3 : Mr. P.R. Patankar and Mr. Pravesh Sahu, Advocate SHUBHAM SINGH RAGHUVANSHI Digitally signed by SHUBHAM SINGH RAGHUVANSHI Date: 2026.08.18 16:42:32 +0530 2 Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal Judgment on Board (17.08.2026) 1. This appeal under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 [hereinafter referred to as "the Act of 1988"] has been preferred by the appellant/claimant seeking enhancement of compensation, challenging the impugned award dated 23.06.2021 passed in Claim Case No. 245/2019, whereby the learned Claims Tribunal has awarded a total sum of Rs. 18,000/- as compensation for the injuries sustained by the Appellant in a road accident which occurred on 28.01.2018. 2. 2. Learned counsel for the appellant submits that the learned Claims Tribunal has awarded a meagre amount of compensation for the injuries sustained by the appellant. It is, therefore, prayed that the instant appeal be allowed and the compensation awarded by the Tribunal be suitably enhanced. 3. Learned counsel for respondent No. 3/Insurance Company submits that the learned Claims Tribunal, after appreciating the oral and documentary evidence on record, has rightly awarded the compensation. Hence, the compensation awarded by the Tribunal is just and proper and calls for no interference. 4. I have heard learned counsel for the parties, considered their rival submissions made hereinabove and have perused the record with utmost circumspection. 5. The Claims Tribunal, after appreciation of the oral and documentary evidence available on record, found that the appellant/claimant sustained simple injuries in the said accident. She was admitted to the hospital for two days. Considering the nature of injuries on the waist, legs and 3 nose, the Tribunal has awarded a total sum of Rs. 18,000/-, which in the considered opinion of this Court is just and proper and warrants no interference. 6. In view of the above discussion, I do not find any illegality or infirmity in the impugned award passed by the learned Claims Tribunal. The appeal, being devoid of merit, is hereby dismissed. Sd/- (Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal) Judge -Shubham