CD IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BILASPUR CHHATTISGARH MISELLANEOUS APPEAL N0. - OF 2006 (MEMORANDUM OF APPEAL UNDER SECTION 173 OF THE MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988) APPELLANT NOi<fAPPLICANT Foolchand Sethiya, S/o Kiratmal Sethiya R/o- Jawahar Nagar, Near Sitaram Mandir, Raipur, District - Raipur (C.G.) VERSUS RESPONDENTS ;LAIMANTS ^" ,^, -^%^-" Manbati W/o Late Laxmana, aged about 55 years, caste- Kalar' Rainuram S/o Late Laxmana, caste Kalar, aged about 23 years. Both R/o- Ghotpal, Kalar Para, District - Dantewada (C.G.) NON APPLICANTS NON-CLAIMANTS 1. 2. 3. 4. ,^- -/"' 5. 6. Parasmal Duggad , S/o Late Lunkaram Duggad, aged about 46 years , R/o- Main Road, Geedam, District- Dantewada (C.G.) (Driver ofVehicle bearing registration No. MP 23/B-1871) Omitted on 06-05-2005 Mahaveer Jain, S/o Nemichand Jain, aged about 25 years, R/o- Geedam, District- South Baster Dantewada (C.G.) (Owner ofVehicle bearing registration No. MP 25/6771) Chaitan Das S/o Baldev Das, R/o Geedam, Tehsil & District- Dantewada (C.G.) (Driver ofVehicle bearing registration No. MP 25/6771) Omitted on 06-05-2005 Seebantari W/o Late Ramlu, aged about 24 years, Resident.of- Aadwada Pondum, Post -Bhairamgarh,District- South Baster Dantwada (C.G.) XI-HC-22 sn^iqiT f^'iwsn^i <^H\{^ 'ef?rf 's^ •<ii^i<rf'Li, <*'dl+i<i<o, f^iray _..m;.A;..^.°..:....^jj •"""^ 20? pl 311^1 ^iISR'Hfe '^TqFPTin?T ^aiPgiian^i 18/04/20( Shri . S. Pandya, Couns^ None for the responden^ Heard oh adniission aad On 17/05/1999 •l for the appeUant. acci(?.e 1871 and MP 25/6'771 coUid|s injnries and succumbed to tl^e fileU appUcation for grant pl} the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988| an applicafion under Sectip^ L^amed Tribunal after taU avaiteble on recori Ileld owri' for paying interim. coinpen^ passed a-n interim. award. L'eanied couusel for ?- on M.C,P,No.616,/2006. |ent took place. ^ Metador No. 23-B pd togefher. Rayalu Rain siistained [e injuries. His legal i^pieseatatives CQmpensatidn under Section 166 of |(for short, "the Act"}. They also filed 14.0 of the Act for interun ^iward. liag into accourif fhe docuinents |ers of both fhe vehicles joiafly Uable ation to claiinants aad accoriaigty owaer appella-nt was rcgistered f6e year 1983 soM titie thereafter sold it to Paiasina PIC appeBant coutended that fhe ofMetadorNo.2.3-B 1871 who in veUicl accident appeUant was npt liabflit<r can be fastened on hifa ;le to Suganchaji Bafaa, who Duggar, fherefore, on the date of owner nf fhe vehicle, as si-ich no [^t^ ^Ha^ XI-HC-22 ^ 's^t •^nw^, axilwis, fawwi.t 1WCTT shllch •^ 200 aiI^T^iT fN??3nt?i ^•Ht^T^-ff^ an^i'renw'(itet q->N[(n<4lTT <HH^'l* ^ 'f^t <pi|^|-(. ^tsriigHgii^i Under Sectiou 2 (30) of reads as below; w nacnie a moior where such pe. such. nurior, af which is the agreeinenl, or agreemeni of p"ssess;on o aareemervt." jh.e Act, owner has been defined which y means a pemon in ivhose vehifde stands regisiered and |son is a mirior, the guardian cf B in reloaion w u niotor uehicie subject of a. hire-purchase, \an agreeffient of lecsse or cm. \hypothecatton, the person in the vehide tmder that Adniittedly, the veh appeUaiit. and yet liis ns owner, Therefoic, in acco] priina facie, appellajit is ft^ UabiHty is to be fastened oj the Motor Vehicles Riile^ disposal ofthe application Priiii^ facie, wliso. tl| which caused accident a^ fhereforc, under Section liabilily to pay the compe^ he was not the owner bf thk :le is registered ia the name of flie na^ne is being conthiued as registered daace .wifh the provisions of fhe Act, (e owner. Under Section 140 ofthe Act, the ownerof fhe vehicle. Riile 227 of , 1994 prescr&es fhe pincedure for br graiit of mteriin awari.. &^ e appeBant is fhe owner of the vehicle a rcsult of which Rayalu Ram died, 40 of fhe Act, he cannot escape his aatiou tiU it is proved by evidence fhat [Tff^ ^Ra*l ^^^^^^'t^KS?»S®wi®ga^^@^%^^BS3'!;^3i;^n^ •%'??'i"li"I ali.<S»I'"%%-i.^ „:'..i'Ti;^•'ffl?'B'^s*K-^*AB.^.B;:^5K®B'<;s^ -sl'iy;-a; 3TI^;''BI 'f^Twsn^r i*tli'>i^ ?T Rajit ^ ^-q -4i'iiid*i, '8^Fta7re, fq"irey 3II^['FRIIW ^ffef ^. ^s^criH •w-i^f'^^T?f ify-^k ^•3rf;giT3n^i In iny opinion the im^ygned order passed by fhe leamed j • . . ' . . Tribunal does uot suffer froiiji any suoh infirmity which Baay call interference bv this Court. In fhe rc.sult, fhe'appea and is aceoixlinglydisinissed. |l is liable to be disimssed sunuaarily In the liglit qf stands disposed of. b.bove oider, M.C.P.No.616,'2006 i 1 Sd/- VK.Shrivastava Judge [^^ ^HS!^ ^'