{"id":174078,"date":"2008-03-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-11T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/k-a-ravindran-so-late-achuthan-vs-united-india-insurance-co-ltd-on-12-march-2008"},"modified":"2014-05-06T03:26:03","modified_gmt":"2014-05-05T21:56:03","slug":"k-a-ravindran-so-late-achuthan-vs-united-india-insurance-co-ltd-on-12-march-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/k-a-ravindran-so-late-achuthan-vs-united-india-insurance-co-ltd-on-12-march-2008","title":{"rendered":"K A Ravindran S\/O Late Achuthan vs United India Insurance Co Ltd on 12 March, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
K A Ravindran S\/O Late Achuthan vs United India Insurance Co Ltd on 12 March, 2008<\/div>\n
Author: Chidananda Ullal A.S.Pachhapure<\/div>\n
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE\nDated this the 12th day of March, \nPRESENT *  \"\n\nTHE HON'BLE MRJUSTICE CHIDANA.'SIj)A:fI::II'.}'I;Ai{'_\"A  \n\nANDV  \n\nTHE HON'BLE MR.JLIs'1'Ic:E As;\n\n  pmarazxpznzawagaznnn\n\n.F'.A.No.11_47' 1\/2065 (Ivuqn X X V\n\nin\n\na.l'\\r'I.\u00abvl' \\4\\('g,'q\n\nK.A.Ravindran,\n\nS _\/ o.lat:e Achuthan,\nAged about63;yjrsw,  '     ;\nWat. No.15',    n'   \n      '\n'A' Main, 4*3!V.c11o$s, ' ' _\nMuneswara \u00ab  -- .9 \nPa1acev:Guttaha1li,_  v \"\n\nB.mg.=a-.'.'*;_*=_1\"e'e- 5.60'  _ \n\n.. Appellant\n\n =  _ (B32: Murthy, Adv. for appellant.)\n\n1.  United; India Insurance Co.Ltd.,\nNc\ufb01i. 8- 11:11 moss,\n Sainpigc road,\n\"_\u00abl\\\/Ialleswaranl,\n\n--  Bangalore -- 560 003.\n\nt11.rr11rIr\\'r|\n\nPfabhunm nu,\n\nAged about 49 yrs.,\n\n1\/A 'T'i'les Factory Road,\nbehind Lakshmi Bakery,\n\n\n\nUppagahalli,\nTumkur -- 572 101.\n\n3. Karunakaran @ Karma,\n\nS\/'o. Mliannan,\n\nAged about 35 yrs.,\n\nNo.33, 431 cross,   \nNagapp street, I\nPalace Guttahalll,\n\nBangalore -- 560 003.  .\n\n w .  e '  .. Respondents<\/pre>\n
(By Srl.A.M. Venkatesll,’   ‘1.,,)<\/p>\n
This Me.   l’i’3{1) of the Motor
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{SCCI-1:11}: di’en1i\u00a7sing..etl1e__ claim petition for compensation.<\/p>\n
This 4′ lMFA’V  on for \ufb01nal hearing this day,<\/p>\n
A PACHHAPETRE J ,, delivered the following:<\/p>\n
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2. The facts relevant for the purpose of this appeal are as<\/p>\n
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That on 24-6-98, an accident occu1’1’ecl\u00bb,’p:.”‘–v\u00a7.rhen the
\nclaimant – petitioner was carrying the  Ea..pt1r11’ee
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\nsaid accident and  for coniperisation. He<\/p>\n
contended that the  1*”tol’3..’are the ins1h’er, owner<\/p>\n
and driver _~:esrYe\u00a2;i:i’.IeiI;. 31 .r3;ft.er.t.*ie”11e*.-ice cf the “””tion, the
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compensation Aeiaimed as highly exhorbitant and r-1r.,i’t.a.1″y.<\/p>\n
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it  jlead arty: evidence. On the basis of the material placed on<\/p>\n
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driver {3-‘–‘ reepunu ut , held that the appellant is the owner of<\/p>\n
the vehicle in View of the information contained in the first<\/p>\n
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question and that he has no authenticity -ecisim<\/p>\n
compensation. Aggrieved by t11ere_iection oi\u00b0’eet11eVpet’1tion,u ‘the._<\/p>\n
claimant is before this Court in <\/p>\n
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clminant, ‘is. in his evid .:n_ce t_hs_.; he in: not we cwner<\/p>\n
 of the_’;:iehie1e and me Insure”   has not denied the<\/p>\n
‘7’_cwnersi’\ufb02p of second respondent. If really the vehicle was not<\/p>\n
”  voivnecl by the second respondent, the insurer could have<\/p>\n
produced the insurance policy to show or prove that the<\/p>\n
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claimant was the owner of the v<\/p>\n
of the Insurance policy by the Insurance Co.,  in its
\ncustody, leads to an adverse inference  gas’<\/p>\n
speci\ufb01cally made a claim that the $0-G\ufb02lti.V1235-‘,}}*C!ll{.1t’.l1ij”‘1′”. {hie<\/p>\n
owner, the mere fact th-“t. 1 re is a r,ei’erence.”of’ iliisi-slowrne1’ship 5<\/p>\n
in the first iriformatiori report in  is, suiiicient
\nto reject his claim on the groiind that   owner. The
\nparties could have  ‘Registration Certificate,<\/p>\n
insurance policy and  ‘ -ot11c33’\\\u00bb…4g1LiCL.rne11. to prove me<\/p>\n
5.  it _ii.his’,.:_itl1e elahnant had sustained injuries
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first ;infor1nation_V’repoit __nd he had not ..1struet=>’l th” an” ‘r,<\/p>\n
iifthoaii. is :~,\u00a7-me-~ vi’ th” venic e. it is well established principle<\/p>\n
“C31” “ti\u00a7iat._ first information report is not a substantial<\/p>\n
 pu..rpose”‘ of corroboration, or contradiction and not to ascel.<\/p>\n
piece. of evidence and it has to be looked into only for the<\/p>\n
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iiiformation report is wholly illegal and improper. In the<\/p>\n
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circumstances, the \ufb01nding of the Tribunal in \ufb02iiaseegard has<\/p>\n
to be set aside and accordingly, it is set aside~:~— f  it<\/p>\n
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0.1, the Tribtlnal has answered “theissue’in.a\ufb02ir1t;ative’;’ And<\/p>\n
that \ufb01nding is not challenged’ the Ins-3<\/p>\n
mc:u~1\u00bbea the expenses. The<\/p>\n
“I”ri’Duna1 haci’i:.a.;”g1ut}’itokansx\ufb01fer that issue, by appreciating the<\/p>\n
mate1jia1_ o191’i’i7ifeetird ‘xai’1\u00a31__ -give a \ufb01nding and would have
\nquanti\ufb01ed the”. ame.Lii’1t.u’ of compensation for which the<\/p>\n
claimant was ..ei’1titleii, in case he was nut the ewner of the<\/p>\n
?\n<\/p>\n
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 _oi”.i’V;’co-mpensation, we are of the opinion that the<\/p>\n
n1atter’–.’has””to be remitted back to the Tribunal.<\/p>\n
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1e matter is remitted back
\nto the Triburial, with a direction to dispose of the case in<\/p>\n
accordance with law by giving an opportuiiity to both the<\/p>\n
(>6,<\/p>\n
parties to lead additional evidence on tlid q’Li,:6′:ss’itiQl1 of<\/p>\n
ownership of the vehicle involved in the  <\/p>\n
giving a finding as regards thg-2′ dtianiztiin ,  <\/p>\n
Further, the ‘I’ribu1,ai is _1irt:..t..d ta \ufb01sspese cf the sa\u00e9.’ew’it.”1in<\/p>\n
1._1_<\/p>\n
 m”nths from “T: Clatf: ofc-a.i3i1n1t1nic\u00a3itio1i.’%3f i\ufb01his order.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court K A Ravindran S\/O Late Achuthan vs United India Insurance Co Ltd on 12 March, 2008 Author: Chidananda Ullal A.S.Pachhapure IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE Dated this the 12th day of March, PRESENT * ” THE HON’BLE MRJUSTICE CHIDANA.’SIj)A:fI::II’.}’I;Ai{‘_”A ANDV THE HON’BLE MR.JLIs’1’Ic:E As; pmarazxpznzawagaznnn .F’.A.No.11_47′ 1\/2065 (Ivuqn X […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-174078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-karnataka-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nK A Ravindran S\/O Late Achuthan vs United India Insurance Co Ltd on 12 March, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/k-a-ravindran-so-late-achuthan-vs-united-india-insurance-co-ltd-on-12-march-2008\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"K A Ravindran S\/O Late Achuthan vs United India Insurance Co Ltd on 12 March, 2008 - 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