{"id":1509,"date":"2010-01-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-06T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-branch-manager-the-oriental-vs-smt-sakamma-on-7-january-2010"},"modified":"2015-03-14T17:35:16","modified_gmt":"2015-03-14T12:05:16","slug":"the-branch-manager-the-oriental-vs-smt-sakamma-on-7-january-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-branch-manager-the-oriental-vs-smt-sakamma-on-7-january-2010","title":{"rendered":"The Branch Manager The Oriental &#8230; vs Smt Sakamma on 7 January, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">The Branch Manager The Oriental &#8230; vs Smt Sakamma on 7 January, 2010<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Anand Byrareddy<\/div>\n<pre>IN THE, HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT \n\nDATED THIS THE 7\"' DAY Q}: JANIJAR\u00a7&lt;..2O~ii&lt;)\u00ab. _ ,4 &quot;  \n\nBEFORE;  i\nTHE HON&#039; BLE MR. JUST.EVCBxANiA\u00a5\\il_D.13\\ii\u00a7i%_RE\u00a3)E5Y\n\nWRIT PETITION No. :e2\u00e9\u00a7*;_40&#039;i&lt;i 20()i6i(GM-.!iC&#039;)\nBETWEEN:    i   * \n\nThe Branch Maii:;ige._r,  &quot; A   . \nThe Oriental irisufgnce C--_0mpe1&quot;ny &#039;Li;Ti--i&quot;tec3_,_.}\nOpposite t0,KEIB__ (}..Efi--{:e&#039;,     \u00bb\n\n\u00abM.C.R:eiidiiiM\u00e9i\ufb01;1y_;1&#039;:&#039;\u00a7.4iiV&#039; \n\nReprese11te&#039;d&#039;b3r the.fA4sis\u00bbisiiinffs\/Iiunage1&#039;,\nThe Oi&#039;iei::;_ai&#039; Ensuif;_mce-Ci&#039;:---mfa;5::1&#039;Eiy Limited,\nRegionai Oi&#039;i&#039;ic6&#039;- A  \n\nLeo .Sn&#039;oppia1g \u20ac()Vi&quot;npiEex,&#039;\n\n &#039;~  _ N(:..;:}4j3;i\ufb01E-\/5\u00a75VA, Reside \ufb01ey----R&lt;)ad,\n, Ba;1g;a1Q&#039;ref546()._O25. ...PETITIONER\n\n  Advocate)\n\nA   Smt.Sak&#039;_amma,\n\nV&#039; --  Wife. ofChikkad21segowda,\nAged about 46 ye.a1&#039;s,\nResiding at Yeraganahalii,\nMaddur Taluk,\n\nMandya I)isu&#039;ieI.\n\n\n\nIx.)\n\n2. Sri.B.Ra\\\/E,\nSon of Biligowda,\nAged about 37 years.\nResiding z1tNo.74\/A, 10* Main,\nl\\\/lanjunatha Nagar,\n\nBangaiore-- .3 O. .._..  9\n\n(By M\/s.K.S.Sreei&lt;anth As.&lt;;ocit1tes i:.;_ike::&quot;i1&lt;)t&#039;ice*..tori&#039;Riesl\u00a7ro_iteleiiits\nvide order dated: 17.7.08, _  &quot;   &#039; *  &quot;\nRespondent No 2 served) &#039; &quot; A<\/pre>\n<p>This Writ Petition in&#8221;tiiled&#8217;iun(iie&#8217;iii.g\u00a7trti&#8217;cfles 22l6&#8217;iaiid 227 of the<br \/>\nConstitution of India prayiiig&#8217;tt3&#8243;&#8216;t;VLi:n\u00a7;h the jucignient and award at<br \/>\nAnnexure A and  dateti.:&#8230;9itl&#8211;.2.2_0Oe\u00a7 p&#8221;asSed_&#8212;-b&#8217;y the Civil Judge<\/p>\n<p>(Senioi&#8217;VVDiyi_s&#8217;ion)  Claims Tribunal, l\\\/Iaddur<br \/>\nin MVCf.N0.8i84{2(}(){)&#8217;Van.cl&#8217;ett:., _ .\n<\/p>\n<p>Thie_Wr_jt .f&#8217;eti&#8217;tiio&#8217;n  on for h.earii1g this day, the Court<br \/>\nmade the fti\ufb02owving: ~_- A C<br \/>\n&#8216;ante _____ ORDER<br \/>\nC    He:1:rd\u00bb.itl1eiCounsel for the petitioner.\n<\/p>\n<p> 2. V.  &#8216;oetitioner is the insurer of the offending vehicle<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;-which iv;_.a;__=.l\u00a7 involved in a motor accident. The occupants of the<\/p>\n<p> _ ive&#8217;iti.r:le who were injured, namely, the mother and her daughter,<\/p>\n<p> -had sought for compensation on account of the injuries suffered in<\/p>\n<p>the accident. The petitioner herein had entered 2-appearance before<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">3<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal and had disputed the<br \/>\nliabiiity, on 21 specific contention that the vehicle. invt)lve*:l was a<\/p>\n<p>goods carrying vehicle and the claimants were&#8230;Linat1&#8217;tl&#8217;ierii&#8217;;\u00bbi\u00a2d<\/p>\n<p>passe.ngers travelling in 21 goods vehicle. The .Tt&#8217;iilitln\u00a3t_l&#8221;&#8216;ht)Wt3V&#8217;\u20ac_if, <\/p>\n<p>has faiied to address the objection and has pifoce.eded._t(&#8220;r i<\/p>\n<p>compensation and has fastened -l__iabilit3r_o&#8217;n the;&#8217;peti.:ione_t. &#8216;The:<\/p>\n<p>petitioner has been precluded  filing .a&#8217;t1..:i;1]_jpezifl under the<\/p>\n<p>Motor Vehicles Act, 1933 iniviejwio&#8217;t&#8217;.i;Seicit.ion 173 which lays<\/p>\n<p>down 2i.1tifi_eai.iii2\\iii;ild\u00bb..i9;&#8217;ot be_iiiinziintainable if the award is less<br \/>\nthan Rs.il'{l,(.i{f}()\/&#8211;&#8216;tind\ufb01t.is&#8221;*in&#8221;tli&#8217;i&#8217;s background that the present writ<\/p>\n<p>petitionv is filed as the petitioner is Eeft with no remedy.<\/p>\n<p>   the First iitforination Report, it was stated in the<\/p>\n<p>iii&#8217;i.rs&#8217;t&#8217;__instaneve ti.iVi1t&#8221;&#8216;.the&#8217;in_\u00a7ured claiinants were waiting on the road<\/p>\n<p>V . for  View of the offending lorry having picked them<\/p>\n<p>   unauthorised passengers, it  not open for them to<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;  contend that they were travelling as owners of the goods, who<\/p>\n<p> were the clziimzlnts bet&#8217;ore. the Motor Accident Claims Tribtinztl, <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">3<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">4<\/span><br \/>\nsuch a stand on the part of the claimar1t&#8211;resp0ndents being<br \/>\nC()1lll&#8217;\u00a3;&#8217;:l&#8217;y to the record is being overlooked by the Tribuiia..l_iitnd the<\/p>\n<p>liability has been ineoiweetly fastened on the petitioijef.&#8217;   -1- V<\/p>\n<p>3. Given this circumstance and in vie\\t:&#8221;0f&#8211; .t.&#8217;hefeSp&#8217;0nder1&#8217;ts, <\/p>\n<p>not having chosen to contest the [fr-.,1f\u20ac-SE;&#8217;I&#8221;1{..&#8217;ep\u20aclel[_i(}n,ii&#8217; the:&#8221;e&amp;&gt;_a\ufb01ie&#8217; is<\/p>\n<p>allowed. The liability insofar as the petit-ioner isi..c0=j_ce&#8211;I1te\u00a3i, is set&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>aside. The claimants are left at_Iibe11:y&#8221;t\u00a2)workmtt their&#8217; remedies<\/p>\n<p>its signing: the owner of the &#8216;vei1ielefE&#8217;~ <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karnataka High Court The Branch Manager The Oriental &#8230; vs Smt Sakamma on 7 January, 2010 Author: Anand Byrareddy IN THE, HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT DATED THIS THE 7&#8243;&#8216; DAY Q}: JANIJAR\u00a7&lt;..2O~ii&lt;)\u00ab. _ ,4 &quot; BEFORE; i THE HON&#039; BLE MR. 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