A Motor accidental claim against Shriram General Insurance Company at the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal in Bhopal, under the discerning adjudication of Judge Amit Ranjan Samadhina was dismissed unequivocally. Interestingly, in the present case the First Information Report (FIR) was untimely filed two months subsequent to the occurrence.
In the matter under scrutiny, the FIR initially attributed the accident from a dumper. However, meticulous subsequent investigations revealed a divergence from this narrative, highlighting that the attribution of the accident to the dumper was a false implant. The true cause emerged, when the Legal Officer of the Shriram General Insurance objected by asserting that the claimants has reasoned in medical reports that the cause of accident was an unidentified Jeep. Having consonance with these assertions, the court dismissed the case.
Kamla Bai, a resident of Mungawali in Ashok Nagar district, met with a tragic jeep accident on December 10, 2012, while fetching water from a hand pump. Struck by an unidentifiable vehicle on her way back, the family was informed by the jeep’s passengers. Sadly, Kamla Bai succumbed to her injuries on December 19, 2012, while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Bhopal.
The family initially filed an FIR at Mungawali police station, pointing to a dumper with registration number MP33/H 1108. Subsequently, they pursued a claim of Rs 57 lakh at the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Bhopal. The court, after careful consideration of evidence presented by Shriram General Insurance Company, ruled in favor of SGIC, rejecting the claim. SGIC is open to providing a copy of the judgment upon request.
