V"f THE mGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BILASPUR CHHATTISGARH MISELLANEOUS APPEAL (C) N0. - '3^2- Qp 2011 (MEMORANDUM OF APPEAL UNDER SECTION 173 OF THE MOTOR VEfflCLES ACT, 1988) 1. Amritlal Yadav, aged about 42 years APPELLANTS CLAIMANTS 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. ^/f'^' 'V/W NON-CLAIMANT fc £ Smt. Kusum Bai Yadav, W/o Amritlal Yadav aged about 40 years, Ku. YashodaYadav D/o- Amritlal Yadav aged about 23 years Aish Kumar Yadav S/o- Amritlal Yadav aged about 21 years Ku. Puja Yadav D/o- Amritlal Yadav, aged about 18 years ^ Ku. Neha Yadav D/o- Amritlal Yadav aged about 16 years [Appellant No. 6 being imnor on behalf of through her legal guardian father appellaat No. 1 Ainritlal Yadav] All R/o- Village - Dhaurabhata, Police Station - Utai, District-Durg. (C.G.) VERSUS The Branch Manager, The Oriental Insurance CompanyLimited, Pannanand Bhawan, G.E. Road, Durg. District- Durg (C.G.) [Insurer ofvehicle Motor Cycle bearing registration No. C.G. 07- ZD- 5670] MEMORANDUM OF APPEAL UNDER SECTION 173 OF THE MOTOR VEfflCLES ACT. 1988 .<^~- »/ ^ M.A.iO HO. 942 OFJaOll APPELLANTS/ (Claiinsuitst Auui'ual Yadav aiid ouici-s rs ._-.-. .- .-:.- ilj,e Braiicli Maiiager, Orlental Insiu-ance Compaav Lunited. iineTCt.jt;'? WWaTT^l'?*'E3- ey.ws.^rtfsvvjr^Kr -f.fvP* f^..v?l fwck_w^ w.tp ff^i.fVt^^'V^ wvst.vw^f.v MAleu^itfc, fiSj&iL-r.li^/jail Afo ^j?^ 'JL"l-£a& IviUmR, Vl^rxl,v;Lri SDivisioa Beneh: Hou'ble Sltri i.M. Ouddasi & Hoa'ble Shri G. Minhajuddia, JJ.I Preseat : Shri Shiveadu Pandya, counsel for tuc appeUaats. Shri Sourabh Shanaa, counsel for tlie respondent/ A33-SUTSI1CG '^'OHIpSliy. GK&^_ORDBR {Passed oa 11th day ofMevesiber, 2011} Per I.M. Qud&usi, J. This appeal uas beeu filecl uy tlie appellauts/'claiiaants against tlie impugiied awaru uatcd 15-12-2010 passeu iu Clami Case No. 162/2009 by fhe Seventh Addltional Motor Accident Claiuis TribLUial, Durg (for sliort 'tlie Claims Tribiuial*), clisniissiug fhe claim petition. 2. Bl'icf facts of fhe case as per versiou of the claiuiao.ts, aie that 011 06-02-2009, DIaesb. Ya.d&v was goiug ITOBI vLilage Dudiya to Parevadill on tlie Jeep beariag registrauon No. C.G. 07- ZD/5670. Neai' vlllage Purai, Forest Nurseiy, ail Uiikn.owu velilcle whlcll was coiuiag fi'oiu. '&.e opposlte side had dashed Qie said Jeep, as a result of wlilch Diiiesh Yadav diecl on flie spot. Report of fhe iucideat was g?ven in the Police Station Utal where fhe oficuee was reglstered. At tlie time of accldeut, the age of the deceased Di&esh Yad^v was 21 years and he was eariiiiig Rs.40,000/- per ajTiuujii^ by ruiuiiag Daiiy Forio.. 3. The ^ipeUauts/'cla i mauts -.uciug legal helrs aud legal representauves of the deceased had. filed a claiui petttiou urider Sectiou IG3-A of the MQtor Vehlcles Act, 1988 ffor short 'the Act'1 ^'='?'"~''3^"%ik ii-1 ^^^®^\f ^»»^ ^ .-.^ claifliiug a total aiuouut of couipensation ofRs.9,00,000/- agalust fhe respondent/Insurance Coinpauy, for fhe ueath of Duuesh Yadav (deceased). 4. Learued Claims Tnbuiial OB. a. close scrutiiiY of tlxe evideuce led, m.aterial placed arid subaiissions inade by fue parues, aisnussea uie peuuou. 5. We have heard learned counsel for the parties aud perused the recoid of the Claims Tnbuual as also the iinpugued awaixt. 6, Froni perusal of tLe recoi'u.s of tiie Clalois Trlbiuial, it 1s clear tliat tlie t-lniniants had uot itapleaded the owiier as uon- appucaut. The owner had died aud fheie&ns, liis legal repi-eseatatives should have beeii impleaded lu place of fuc owner whlch has not beeil done. However, fhe Claiin petition could uot have been dlsuussed on fhe ground of iion.-joiuder of necessary party, iustead tlie claim.ants ought to have been giveu opportuiuly by tlie Claims Tribuiial to iaiplead the legal reprcseiitatives of the deceased/owner. 7. -Hou'ble fhc Suprein.e Court in the inatter of Sa/kumsr vs. AJay Kuinar & afwthef! reported in 2010 jl2) SCALB 26S, has held Ixi pai's 11 as uiider: ''................................Sections 168 aud 169 of Uie Act luake it evident fh.at tlie Tribunal does not function as a ucuu'al uiupwe as in a civU suit, but as an. active explorer and seeker of u'uth who Is icquifed to 'hold ati euquiry iuto fhc claim' for deterinuilng tlie 'just coinpensatiou'. The Trlbuaal should therefore take aii active role to ascertaui the ti'ue and correct position so fhat it caii assess the just couipensation........" .*- ^~ 8. Iu vlew of the above, we aie of fhe opiuion that fhe jmatter requlies x'ecousideration at the end of tlie Tl'ibiuial. Therefore, we allow fhls appeal in. pai't, set aside fhe uupugned awanl and reiEut back the iiiatter to the Clairns Trlbunal for decisiou a&csh, ^ iu vlew offhe ubsei'vations iiiade'a.bove. 9. The clauu petitiou has becu filed uilder Sectiofl. 163-A oftlie Act. However, ihe learued counsel for uic appellants/claiuiaiits r'al*s>>.\ '<aSSE%i y s ^wss^ prays that au opportunity bc given to fh.e claiaiants to choose to fllfi the ela.ioi petitioii eitlier uiider Sectloii 163-A or 166 of the Act, as the liiatter Iias beeu reiultted. back. 10. Before proceeduig fiirther, it wffl be open for fhe claimants to aniend uie clalm petiuoa and chaage the uatiu'e, in.eariing fhereby that if the clajmants waut to cliange their claini petiuon frora Section 1G3-A to 166 of tiie Act, tliey shaB ue allowed to do so by tuc Claiias Tribun.aS. Liability shaU also be decidcu keepir^ iu vicw the uature offhe poliuy etc. 11. Needless to uiention fhat fhe parties shall be provided opporti.uuty to aiuend the pleadiiigs, adduce fiirther evideiice, file docuin.ents or get the uocum.ents veri&ed and to iiiipleau necessaiy par'ty etc.j on tbe basis of th.e plea.dlags alt'eady ou i'ecoixt. 12. The parties shall appear' before fhe Clakns Tribunal on 4-12-2011. 13. Record oftlic Clauns Tribuual shall be sent liack fcrfhwifh.. 14. No ord.er as to costs. Sd/- 1-M.Quddusi Judge -?r- Sd/- G. Minhajuddm Judge ^