IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No.2745 of 2008 Date of decision: May 13, 2008. National Insurance Co. Ltd. ...Petitioner(s) v. Surjit Kaur & Ors. ...Respondent(s) CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT 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. Present: Shri Ravinder Arora, Advocate for the petitioner. ORDER Surya Kant, J. - (Oral): This order shall dispose of C.R. Nos.2745 & 2747 of 2008 as common questions of facts and law are involved in these cases. The petitioner – insurance company is aggrieved at the order dated 10.3.2008 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal whereby its application under Section 170 of the Motor Vehicles Act has been dismissed. The petitioner sought permission of the court to take all the pleas which could be available to the driver of the delinquent vehicle on the ground that he is not contesting the proceedings and has been proceeded against ex-parte. The Tribunal, however, declined the petitioner's prayer after observing that since the owner of the offending vehicle is contesting the claim proceedings and has filed his reply, there could have been no collusion between the driver of the offending vehicle and the claimants and, thus, held the application to be wholly misconceived. No interference with the impugned order is called for. Dismissed. May 13, 2008. [ Surya Kant ] kadyan Judge