IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.R. No. 2095 of 2011 Date of decision: 26.7.2011 Sukhjinder Kaur … Petitioner versus Amit Kumar and others … Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ARVIND KUMAR Present: Mr. Deepak Gupta, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Achin Gupta, Advocate for respondent No.1 Mr. Paul S. Saini, Advocate, for respondent No.4 ... ARVIND KUMAR, J: The present petitioner is one of the claimants in the claim petition under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act,1988. Claimants wanted to examine Investigator, namely, Raja Singla in evidence but since no diet-money was deposited and number of opportunities had already been availed of by the claimants to conclude their evidence, their evidence was closed by order of the Court dated 28.10.2010. Claimants subsequent thereto filed an application for additional evidence for examination of the said Investigator along with the investigating report, which has also been dismissed vide impugned order dated 23.3.2011 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Bathinda. Hence, this revision. Heard. Counsel for the petitioner contends that examination of the Investigator along with the investigating report is important for the just decision of the case as registration number of the offending vehicle had also been mentioned in his report which is otherwise missing in the FIR. This exactly had been observed by this Court while dealing with this revision C.R. No. 2095 of 2011 -2- prior to the issuing notice of motion that this report may be relevant for establishing the details of the vehicle involved in the accident. This is otherwise a beneficial legislation. It has been felt that if an opportunity is not granted to the claimants to examine the Investigator along with the investigating report, they may suffer an irreparable loss. Rules and procedure are hand-maid of justice and are meant to enhance it and not to scuttle the same. Accordingly, the present revision is allowed, impugned order is set aside and the petitioner is allowed one effective opportunity to examine the Investigator, Raja Singla, to prove the investigating report and allied documents . July 26, 2011 ( ARVIND KUMAR ) JS JUDGE