INTHEHIGHC^UR^OFCWI-IATTIIGARHJUDICTUREAT ^F^CA^' Appellant ResRoridehts '^- ^y^ ^^y^ BlLASPUR^ej-IM^T'riSGARH ^•s&Abbeal Ho.(^ft^-12QQ& •:!;M::'£^6-.:,':..''^^^^^^ ^KSrshan Das Thakkar,|iSQn^ Shri Devii ThakKar, Resident of Paridri;. Pblicejt.iStation Pandri, iDistriet Raipur,Towh,TehsilandDistrictRaipur,Chhattisgarh. Versus ^". Smf. Shailendn Bai, WifeofLate Hemlal Satnami^ ^ aged 43 years, Sant Ram,Son ofShri l-lemlal,aged 20 years, Sukh Singh;SonofShri Hemlal, aged 18 years, ^^^4^'NetRam,SonofShriHemlal,aged16years, i\i o ^\n Sal<ha Ram, Son ofShri Hemlal, aged 8 years, ' Through her mother Smt. Shailendri Bai, W/o Late HemlalSatnami .. Samari Bai.Wife of Pusau Satnami, aged 58 years, . ., . . ' • : .. :;,.^ & ^ ^ Pusau Ram, SonofJhadu Ram,aged 61 year | •^ :''^:.i%" Allabove theresidentofVillagejSambalpy^^oliee; Station and Tehsil Dondilohara, DiStneit ;)I31ur§: :(c-G-)-v.:, '.1.: ' . : ;:':^ •^. ^^ Board Manager, Oriental InjsyranGe,®B|a|i Limited, through Board Office, ;Mah<iy|s!iJ||||| Durg(C.G.). ffia liil .fe3fc%RU APPEAL:UNDEfee^0iR^ii|l|^:|E^l^i^^ ^ClVll-iF®ffBBfflRBI(i®BilllilOS8SJjlj;jij!BljrtlillB8!II^BS GlVll.KRHBiBURiCTDi^WI MfGH^QUKTG)£©NHiiCT-l-ISGARHA?FBII-&SPUR Sinale Bencteii Hori'BleS^nduStiCKiRrasharitiKumal-MishrEf CiviIRevisionNo.68of2010 ADDlicant Non-ApDliGants versU& Karshan Das ThakKar SantRamandotliers Preserit: :•:.•: :1^::4''''".^^^::?^ Shri^S^l^put,:lseoun^||^i|^pglj6a:tTt.^^;.:..;^ Shri^nobp M^ymdar^i|||g|!|^g^nj^RRliira^ ShriN^P.^rawal,c6ynse|^BB|>naapF>liBantNo^^ y ^ .^;r Civil Revision i.iriderSectiBn 1 6^1:lie<Iode^itCivil Proeedure. 1908 ....;-^^^i^tg|@g@ER^,•,'•;:;,/':'''^? :^'^;.tl^seISr1^uly,:'2^^^^^ ..:.' ':,—'."•' :1' By thie Qrder 'dated 2Q-9-2@05i"impHgrled in4his< GiyilyrevisiQn, learried Glaims Tribynal has clismissed tHe^apRliean underQrdefc9Ru|e13c^1heCoide6fSivi^Rro<^clur^19Gi8,^i preferred byKimforsettingasideihe^pa^awgrd^ated^^ 2. Learned ClaimsTnbunai,^nfparagraph Tof.the i^ datefl 20-9-2005, ^sbbserveclthatthe^GlaimsTnbunalha^^b^^ constituted^ndertBeMotor^hicles^,19^,^^^^b^^^^^ Givil Preeedure, 1908 having^riofmadeapRliGablelartheen^^ conducted hytheClaims^ribUnalynaGiaim|p^ of the Motor Vehicles Act, it eahnot eHteriain an apipliGattori^undCT OrdeRffRule T3,oftlieGocleQfe;i F^c%dui|e^1908. sv w \ 3. In the opinjpn ofthjs Coyrt, in vjew pf thelaw laid dQwn b^^ High Court of Madhya Pradesh in Ram Shfromanf Mishravs.Shiv Mohan Singh and another, AIR 1997 MP 202, the order passed by the Glgims Tribunal deseryes to beset aside. 4. lffRamS/»HX>mariiAt^ravs.^iyOTo^ (supra),theHighCourt6fMadhyaRradeshhastteldthus:^^^^^ "24. Itis not in dispute that Claims Tribunal did not fbllow the procedure under Qrder 9, Rule 13 of G.P.C; The applicant was disputing We service^Wsummons; 'H&^^ furtlierdisputingthefeiGtthathehadknowledgeofpendency ofproeeedingsagainsthiFn,H6deniedthathehaaengaged any eounsel in hjs case. Thus ah applieatibn ynder Order 9, Rute130f©.P.C.readwitKRule240QftheRules'lay.The applicant^was entitledito prove tliese facts even ifthe non- applicahts deniea these faets^ ^he question^^^^o^ cause'fornon-appearance^Gould beydecjded in aecordance with the provisions of Qrder 9, Rule 13of C.P.C. The Tribunal did not record any evidence. It dismissed the applicatibri by merely reading it ahd disbeHeving the contents ofthe application. Nb opportunitywasgiventoapplicantto prove his case. The ClaitTis Tribunal not only violated the i Order 9, Rule 13ofG.P.C,but also rodea rough-shodover elementary principles of naturaiyjustice. Such^^ ari'ogance is notgiven taanyoffiGerpresidirigoverajudiGial . proceedings. His findings Cannejt be sustained as theyare not basedon any evidence." 5. tn view of ttie above, it is held that an application under Order 9 Rule 13ofthe Codeof Civil Procedure,1908 for setting a$idean ex parte award passed by the Claims Tribunal is maintainable before'the Eciaims Triburial Sihce the Claims Tnbunal h^^^^^ ys'-y!. ^^s- sa;K."';:';ffiii;ti:: ^Stte^.^-^^^, r „&• % v 31I.It 's 1 B |N> 10 i8:s.: Q:' (Do B) U) t3-c3. 1B CT <B w <D f^ o- M Q.^s 'a. CL (D co ? <D u>x ,.'.<-•• d> s> 'Q^ Q. <D © <:: 1 '&. B; (0o OB e:x 3 lt§t |c lco fll"a •g (p fl) •~^ 1ss' (Do fli:t: 0> ,—! 0'c •3: B) 3- (D M "^. 3 <B Q3: 'w. <B fl)•a •o 1 p3 E3 CL (6 1 c3 • Q. (D o 3 (Q s m 1 Q <;: 1 wo 3. O) fll 1 f B)3,, (D U) n) Q.i ci. <D <D 3; (D to 2,s (Do ;p 'Q. •cc Q <: csow •Q.' c 3 CDo oo o3 (D 01i fl)3. a. (Da. o- B>o: T^ ::;• (D Q !U O) Q ?;= " o-c' 3 fl) a. <D6. ;Q.. 3 (Q ! =T <i> ai ,T3' "o. 1 .0. 3, M T3 13 1o3., o3 3 (D ^ 1 (D u> a' (Q ai 0) Q. (D o ^ 1t m ;:^v"K3;s^^l •tp:l:iBM ^•'iNia iSs^KK^ :^3B1; i •'::^^ss!Miiwy;^^ -y^i^^S^y.. ^s^^'^s'^' ^^^IM^^i^ '^^us&r^^ 'i^^S^KiiS^. %I^^^I%S' te^^" i^§^^ ^t^^f^^