NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO LTD v. MANILAL KHODIDAS PATEL & 2
Case at a glance
Provisions considered
- Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 s. 173
Judgment
HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE KS JHAVERI ========================================================= NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO LTD - Appellant(s) Versus MANILAL KHODIDAS PATEL & 2 - Defendant(s) ========================================================= Appearance : MR AJAY R MEHTA for Appellant(s) : 1, MR AMIT C NANAVATI for Defendant(s) : 1, NOTICE SERVED for Defendant(s) : 2, GOVERNMENT PLEADER for Defendant(s) : 3, ========================================================= CORAM : HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE KS JHAVERI Date : 29/08/2006 ORAL JUDGMENT
Heard the learned counsel for the appellant. This is an appeal under section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, at the instance of the insurer of the vehicle which is allegedly involved in the accident in question.
The appellant challenges herein the order passed by the Tribunal under section 140 of the said Act. Obviously, this award is in the nature of an interim award which is subject to adjustment against the final award which may be passed in the main claim petition viz. MACP No. 920 of 1992, pending before the Motor Accident FA/991/1997 JUDGMENT Claims Tribunal, Mehsana.
In the premises aforesaid, I see no reason to interfere at this stage of the matter and interests of justice would be met by passing the following order:
The amount deposited by the applicant shall be continued in the fixed deposit till the final disposal of the main claim petition. The periodical interest accruing on the said amount shall be paid to the original claimant. However, if the amount is withdrawn, the same shall be subject to the final outcome of the main claim petition. The original claimant shall, file an undertaking before the Tribunal within four weeks of the service of this order on the claimant to the effect that the main claim petition shall not be abandoned, shall not be withdrawn and shall not be permitted to be dismissed for default or for any other cause, and that the claimant shall obtain a decision on merits in the said claim petition. The amount awarded under the impugned order shall be adjusted against the final award in the main claim petition.
The Tribunal is directed to dispose of the main claim petition within a period of one year from the date of receipt of the writ of this Court. FA/991/1997 JUDGMENT
Subject to the observations and directions hereinabove, the above appeal is disposed with no order as to costs.
The amount deposited in the appeal, if any, with the Registry is directed to be transmitted to the Tribunal forthwith i.e. not later than 20th September
The R & P to be re-transmitted to the Tribunal forthwith, i.e. latest by 20th September 2006. Divya//
(K.S. JHAVERI, J.)
Questions this judgment answers
Which statutory provisions did this judgment involve?
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — s. 173.
Which court decided this case, and when?
Gujarat High Court, on 20 Sep 2006. The bench was JHAVERI.
Precedent status how later indexed judgments have treated this case
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