CR No.1543 of 2010 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CR No.1543 of 2010 (O&M) Decided on : 11-11-2010 United India Insurance Company Limited. ....Petitioner VERSUS Kamaljit Kaur and others ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK SINGH Present:- Mr. Vinod Gupta, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. I.P.S.Kohli, Advocate for respondents no.1 and 2 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? ALOK SINGH, J Present petition has been filed challenging the order dated 16.1.2010 passed by learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Hoshiarpur dismissing the application moved by the insurance company under Section 170 of Motor Vehicles Act. After the cross-examination of the claimants' witnesses, insurance company has moved present application under Section 170 of Motor Vehicles Act contending therein that the claimants and driver and owner of the vehicle have collusion with each other and hence the insurance company be permitted to contest the claim at its own merit on all the grounds available under the law. CR No.1543 of 2010 (O&M) 2 Learned Tribunal in the impugned order observed that after the examination and cross-examination of the claimants' witnesses, permission sought could not be granted to the insurance company since the insurance company has failed to show the ground of alleged collusion between the claimants and driver and owner of the vehicle. On being asked by this Court, learned counsel for the insurance company - petitioner fairly stated that an FIR was lodged about the accident in question and written statement was also filed by the insurance company before the Tribunal and no pleading was taken of the fact that claim petition was out of any collusion between the claimants and owner-driver of the vehicle. In view of the above, I do not find any good reason to interfere with the view taken by the learned Tribunal. Dismissed. November 11, 2010 (Alok Singh) rekha Judge