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3 All] New India Assurance Co. Ltd. V. Mohd. Yameen and others 1027<br />

insurance Company to pay the entire<br />

amount <strong>of</strong> award-recover the same from<br />

vehicle owner-held perfectly justifiedappeal<br />

by insurance company dismissed.<br />

Held: Para 19<br />

In view <strong>of</strong> the above, it is evident th<strong>at</strong><br />

the Tribunal did not commit any illegality<br />

in directing the Insurance Company/<br />

Appellant to make deposit <strong>of</strong> the amount<br />

<strong>of</strong> compens<strong>at</strong>ion and recover the same<br />

from the insured person i.e. the owner <strong>of</strong><br />

the vehicle in question - respondent no.3<br />

herein.<br />

Case law discussed:<br />

AIR 1998 SC 588, 2004(3) SCC 297 : 2004 (1)<br />

T.A.C. 321 : AIR 2004 SC 1531, 2008(1) T.A.C.<br />

803 (S.C.), (2007) 3 S.C.C. 700 : 2007 (2)<br />

T.A.C. 398, (2007) 5 S.C.C. 428: 2007 (2)<br />

T.A.C. 417.<br />

(Delivered by Hon'ble S<strong>at</strong>ya Poot Mehrotra, J.)<br />

1. The present Appeal has been filed<br />

by the Insurance Company under Section<br />

173 <strong>of</strong> the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988<br />

against the award d<strong>at</strong>ed 22.5.2009<br />

whereby Rs. 1,69,940/- with interest @<br />

6% per annum has been awarded as<br />

compens<strong>at</strong>ion to the claimantsrespondents<br />

on account <strong>of</strong> the de<strong>at</strong>h <strong>of</strong><br />

Wasim in an accident which took place on<br />

23.4.2005 <strong>at</strong> around 4.00 a.m. in the<br />

morning wherein Canter No. UP23B-<br />

2043 collided with a Truck.<br />

2. The Motor Vehicles Accident<br />

Claims Tribunal framed five issues.<br />

3. Issue No.1 was in regard to the<br />

factum <strong>of</strong> accident having taken place on<br />

account <strong>of</strong> rash and negligent driving by<br />

the driver <strong>of</strong> the aforesaid vehicle,<br />

namely, Canter No. UP23B-2043. The<br />

Tribunal decided the said Issue in the<br />

affirm<strong>at</strong>ive.<br />

4. Issue No.2 was as to whether the<br />

vehicle in question was insured with the<br />

Insurance Company/ Appellant and as to<br />

whether the driver <strong>of</strong> the vehicle was<br />

having a valid and effective Driving<br />

License on the d<strong>at</strong>e <strong>of</strong> accident. The<br />

Tribunal held th<strong>at</strong> the vehicle in question<br />

was insured with the Insurance Company/<br />

Appellant on the d<strong>at</strong>e <strong>of</strong> the accident.<br />

However, it was held th<strong>at</strong> the driver <strong>of</strong> the<br />

vehicle in question was not having valid<br />

and effective Driving License on the d<strong>at</strong>e<br />

<strong>of</strong> accident.<br />

5. Issue No. 3 was as to whether the<br />

Claim Petition was bad for non-joinder <strong>of</strong><br />

necessary parties. The said Issue was<br />

decided against the opposite parties in the<br />

Claim Petition.<br />

6. Issue No.4 was as to whether the<br />

deceased was travelling in the vehicle in<br />

question as gr<strong>at</strong>ituous passenger in an<br />

unauthorized manner which was viol<strong>at</strong>ive<br />

<strong>of</strong> the terms and conditions <strong>of</strong> the<br />

insurance policy. The Tribunal decided<br />

the said Issue in the affirm<strong>at</strong>ive in favour<br />

<strong>of</strong> the Insurance Company/ Appellant. It<br />

was held th<strong>at</strong> the vehicle in question was<br />

being used for commercial purposes, and<br />

the same was against the terms and<br />

conditions <strong>of</strong> the insurance policy.<br />

7. Issue No.5 was as to whether the<br />

claimants-respondents were entitled to get<br />

compens<strong>at</strong>ion as against the opposite<br />

parties in the Claim Petition jointly or<br />

separ<strong>at</strong>ely. It was held by the Tribunal<br />

th<strong>at</strong> the claimants/ respondents were<br />

entitled for compens<strong>at</strong>ion amounting to<br />

Rs.1,69,940/- with interest @ 6%.<br />

However, the compens<strong>at</strong>ion was not<br />

payable by the Insurance Company/<br />

Appellant but was payable by Mahmood<br />

Hasan, owner <strong>of</strong> the vehicle in questionrespondent<br />

no.3 herein.

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