Civil Revision No.1831 of 2010 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No.1831 of 2010 Date of Decision: 2.7.2010 Dev Dutt .....Petitioner Versus Satyabir Singh and others ......Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA Present: Shri J.P. Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. Shri R.S. Bhangu, Advocate, for Shri N.S. Shekhawat, Advocate, for respondent Nos. 1 and 2. Ms. Vandana Malhotra, Advocate, for respondent No.3. HEMANT GUPTA, J (Oral). Challenge in the present petition is to the order dated 18.2.2010 passed by the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, whereby evidence of the claimant-petitioner was closed and the order dated 11.3.2010, whereby an application for additional evidence was declined. The claimant has sought compensation on account of injuries received by him in a motor vehicular accident. The evidence of the petitioner was closed vide order dated 18.2.2010, for the reason that the doctor has not been examined though opportunities were granted to the petitioner to examine the doctor. A perusal of the record shows that after the evidence of the petitioner was closed, an application was filed to summon Dr. Civil Revision No.1831 of 2010 [2] Rattan Lal; Dinesh Podar; Jagat Singh Yadav and MHC, Police Station Kanina, which was allowed by the learned Tribunal. Once the Tribunal has allowed the witnesses to be summoned through the process of Court, it is perversity of justice if the petitioner is not permitted to examine the said witnesses. The doctors and the police official, are the witnesses, whose presence can be secured only through the process of Court. Mere delay in summoning the witnesses cannot be a reason against the petitioner when the provisions of compensation under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 have been enacted for the benefit of the claimants. In view of the above, the present petition is allowed. The impugned orders are set aside. The petitioner is permitted to examine the witnesses i.e. the Doctors and the Police Official, as referred to above. [ HEMANT GUPTA ] JUDGE 2.7.2010 ds