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Quddusi and Hon'ble Shri Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra Miscellaneous Appeal No.539 of 2003 Appellant Respondents versus Basudev Prasad Gupta Preetpal Singh and others Present: Shri A.K.Prasad, counsei forthe appellant. Shri Shree Kumar Agrawal, Senior Advocate with Shri Anand Gupta, counsel for respondent No.3. None for other respondents. Miscellaneous Appeal under Section 1 73 of the Motor Vehicles Act ORAL ORDER (Passed on 22nd March, 2011) Per I.M. Quddusi, J.: Heard. 2. This appeal has been preferred by the claimant challenging the award dated 26-3-2003 passed by the 2nd Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (F.T.C.), Jashpur in Claim Case No.35/2002. 3. Case of the claimant, as stated in the claim petition, is that on the date of accident, i.e., 23-5-2000, at about 6 A.M., a bus bearing registration No.CPL 8073, being driven by non-claimant Ramchandra Sharma, had brought Village Goriya Marriage Party to the house of Subodh on the main road of Village Goriya (Bhandartoli). 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The Tribunal should not be a silent spectator when medical evidence is tendered in regard to the injuries and their effect, in particular the extent of permanent disability. Sections 168 and 169 of the Act make it evident that the Tribunal does not function as a neutral umpire as in a civil suit, but as an active explorer and seeker oftruth who is required to 'hold an enquiry into the claim' for determining the 'just compensation'. The Tribunal should therefore take an active role to ascertain the true and corr'ect position so that it can assess the 'just compensation'. .........." 8. In view of the above, the Claims Tribunal should not have treated the claim petition as a civil sujt and should not have dismissed the claim petition in the manner in which it has been dismissed. It was the duty ofthe Ctaims Tribunal to find out the truth and the victim should not have been dehied his legjtimate claim. 9. In view of the above, we are of the opinion that the matter requires reconsideration at the end ofthe Claims Tribunal. 10. Therefore, the miscellaneous appeal is allowed in part, the impugned award is set asideand the matter is remitted back to the '^^r •——;--\-~J' ^^^^^-^^^.,,,^,^^^-; ^•mwite^- ,/ WSiV3^, '•••^ ^•'''~ .v>'. •'.......'^ ""^^:^^^ Gopal Claims Tribunal for decision afresh. The record of the Claims Tribunal shall be sent back without delay. The Claims Tribunal shall conduct an enquiry as laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Raj Kumar vs. Ajay Kumar and another (supra). The parties shall appear 6efore the Claims Tribunal on 25th April, 2011. 11. Needless to mention that the parties shall be allowed to amend their pleadings, adduce further evidence, file documents or get the documents verified etc. and thereafter the claim petition shall be decided and fresh award shall be passed. There shall be no order as to costs^_ c Sd/- II.M.Quddusi Judge Sd/- Prashant Kumar Mishra Judge —= L' «»^<»^;. ;^»^^^.,,^^^^_^