FAO No. 679 of 1990 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH FAO No. 679 of 1990 Date of decision March 10, 2011 Preet Bus Service and another ....... Appellants Versus Kewal Krishan and others ........Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN Present:- Mr. L. M. Suri,Senior Advocate with Mr. Neeraj Khanna, 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 for enhancement of award of compensation of `25,000/- to the claimant for damages that had been caused to the truck in collision with the bus. While awarding compensation the Tribunal assessed the damage to the vehicle at `25,000/- and directed the same to be paid by the owner and the insurer's attempt at the trial was that the truck had a policy taken in the name of one Surjan Singh who was not the claimant. I will not think that this makes any difference for a person who was in possession of the vehicle could still be a person who was not insured. The claim was made on the basis that the claimant was the owner and that he had been indemnified by damage to the vehicle. Admittedly no FAO No. 679 of 1990 2 other claim had been made by Surjan Singh. The only claim was from the claimant and therefore I would hold that as sufficient to cast liability on the owner and insurer. The award is confirmed and the appeal is dismissed. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE March 10 , 2011 archana