1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET No. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH AT NAGPUR CAF NO. 867/2010 IN F.A. ST. No. 6134/2009 (National Insurance Co. Ltd. VERSUS Gajanan Sukhram Puri & another) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, Court's or Judge's orders appearances, Court's orders of directions and Registrar's orders - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Shri D.N. Kukday, counsel for the applicant. Ms M.H. Pathade, counsel for the R-1. CORAM : SMT. VASANTI A. NAIK, J. DATE : OCTOBER 11 , 2010 . Heard the learned counsel for the parties. None appears on behalf of the respondent no.2, though served. For the reasons stated in the civil application, the delay in filing the appeal is condoned. The civil application is allowed and disposed of. F.A.ST. NO. 6134/2009. Heard. It would not be in the interest of justice to admit the first appeal against the order passed by the Tribunal on an application filed by the respondent no.1 under Section 140 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1948 and it would be necessary in the interest of justice to dispose of this first appeal with a direction to the Tribunal to decide the claim petition filed by the respondent no.1 as expeditiously as possible. It would 2 also be necessary in the interest of justice to direct the Tribunal to place the amount deposited by the appellant in this Court, in a fixed deposit account of a nationalized bank for a period of one year, during the pendency of the proceedings before the Tribunal. The Office is directed to remit the amount deposited by the appellant in this Court to the Tribunal so that it can be placed in a fixed deposit account of a nationalized bank. In the facts and circumstances of the case and in the interest of justice, the first appeal is disposed of with a direction to the Tribunal to decide the claim petition as expeditiously as possible. The amount deposited by the appellant in this Court may be remitted by the Registry to the Tribunal so that the Tribunal shall deposit the same in a fixed deposit account of a nationalized bank at least for a period of one year. All the contentions raised by the appellant- Insurance Company in this appeal are, however, kept open. No order as to costs. JUDGE APTE