IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.5595 of 2009(O&M) Date of decision: 1.12.2009 ICICI Lombard General Insurance Co.Ltd. .....Appellant Versus Sohan Lal and others ......Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR GARG * * * Present: Mr. Subhash Goyal, Advocate for the appellant-Insurance Company. Rakesh Kumar Garg, J. This is insurer's appeal challenging the impugned award on the ground that the compensation awarded to the claimant-respondents is excessive. Admittedly, the appellant-Company was not granted any permission under Section 170 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 to take all the defences available to the owner/driver of the offending vehicle and thus, the appellant-Company could challenge the impugned award only on the ground available to it under Section 149(2) of the aforesaid Act. In view of the aforesaid, this appeal challenging the impugned award on the ground that compensation granted by the Tribunal is excessive, is not maintainable on behalf of the appellant-Company. Dismissed. CM No.27805-CII of 2009 This is an application for condoning the delay of 79 days in filing the present appeal. FAO No.5595 of 2009(O&M) -2- Since the main appeal has been dismissed on merits, this misc. application does not survive. Dismissed. December 1, 2009 (RAKESH KUMAR GARG) ps JUDGE