IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.336 of 1990 (O&M) Date of decision:17.02.2011 Union of India ....Appellant versus Shashi Bala and others. ..Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN ---- Present: Mr. Vivek Singla, Advocate, for Mr.S.K. Sharma, Advocate, for the appellant. None for the respondents. ---- 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest ? ---- K.Kannan, J.(Oral) 1. The appeal is against the award making the Union liable on a finding that the driver of the vehicle belonging to the Union was responsible for the accident. It was a case of collision between a moped and bus belonging to the Union. Although the contention was that the moped had hit the rear side of the bus and, therefore, the negligence must be taken only against the moped, the finding by the Tribunal was that the backside of the moped alone had been damaged and, therefore, it would have been possible only if the bus had hit the moped from behind. This incident was also probablised by the evidence of PW2, who claimed that he was an eyewitness to the accident and spoken to the collision as FAO No.336 of 1990 (O&M) - 2 - having resulted by the negligent driving of the driver of the bus belonging to the Union from behind the moped. I am in full agreement with the line of reasoning adopted by the Tribunal and see no reason to differ with the same. 2. The award is confirmed and the appeal is dismissed. (K.KANNAN) JUDGE 17.02.2011 sanjeev