IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.16869 of 2009 Date of decision: 5th November, 2009 Reliance General Insurance Company Ltd. … Petitioner Versus Vipin Kumar and another … Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Mr. P.M. Goyal, Advocate for the petitioner. KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA, J. (ORAL) In the present case, Permanent Lok Adalat (Public Utility Services), Gurgaon invoked section 22C(8) of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 and decided the dispute between the respondents and petitioner insurance company. Vipin Kumar got his car insured with the petitioner company. Theft of his car was committed on 30th September, 2007. An FIR No.456 dated 11.10.2007 was registered at Police Station Janakpuri, Delhi. Grievance of the petitioner company raised before the Permanent Lok Adalat was that police were informed after 11 days and the company was informed after four months, therefore, they had decided not to pay the amount of insurance to respondent No.1, who had insured his car with the petitioner company. Permanent Lok Adalat took into consideration that delay has been satisfactorily explained, as the respondent was making his efforts for tracing the vehicle for some days. Therefore, delay in informing Civil Writ Petition No.16869 of 2009 the police, as held by the Permanent Lok Adalat, cannot frustrate the claim of the respondent. There is no infirmity in the order passed by the Permanent Lok Adalat (Public Utility Services), Gurgaon and no interference is warranted. Present writ petition is dismissed accordingly. [KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA] JUDGE November 5, 2009 rps 2