{"id":242735,"date":"2010-02-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-22T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/oriental-vs-bhagwatiben-on-23-february-2010"},"modified":"2017-12-01T08:32:14","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T03:02:14","slug":"oriental-vs-bhagwatiben-on-23-february-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/oriental-vs-bhagwatiben-on-23-february-2010","title":{"rendered":"Oriental vs Bhagwatiben on 23 February, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Gujarat High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Oriental vs Bhagwatiben on 23 February, 2010<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: H.K.Rathod,&amp;Nbsp;<\/div>\n<pre>   Gujarat High Court Case Information System \n\n  \n  \n    \n\n \n \n    \t      \n         \n\t    \n\t\t   Print\n\t\t\t\t          \n\n  \n\n\n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t\n\n\n \n\n\n\t \n\nCA\/10361\/2009\t 6\/ 6\tORDER \n \n \n\n\t\n\n \n\nIN\nTHE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD\n \n\n \n\n\n \n\nCIVIL\nAPPLICATION No. 10361 of 2009\n \n\nIn\n\n\n \n\nFIRST\nAPPEAL (STAMP NUMBER) No. 4967 of 2009\n \n\n \n \n=========================================================\n\n \n\nORIENTAL\nINSURANCE COMPANY LTDTHRO'ITS MANAGER(HUB) - Petitioner(s)\n \n\nVersus\n \n\nBHAGWATIBEN\nRAJUBHAI PARMAR THRO'KIRTIBEN RAVJIBHAI PARMAR &amp; 5 -\nRespondent(s)\n \n\n=========================================================\n \nAppearance\n: \nMR\nVASANT S SHAH for\nPetitioner(s) : 1, \nNone for Respondent(s) : 1 - 6. \nMR TUSHAR L\nSHETH for Respondent(s) : 1.2.1, 1.2.2,1.2.3\n \n=========================================================\n\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nCORAM\n\t\t\t: \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\tMR.JUSTICE H.K.RATHOD\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n \n\nDate\n: 23\/02\/2010 \n\n \n\n \n \nORAL\nORDER<\/pre>\n<p>1.\tHeard<br \/>\nlearned advocate Mr.Vasant S. Shah for applicant and learned advocate<br \/>\nMr.Tushar L. Sheth for respondents claimants.\n<\/p>\n<p>2.\tRule.\n<\/p>\n<p>Learned advocate Mr.Tushar L. Sheth waives service of notice of Rule<br \/>\non behalf of  respondents claimants.\n<\/p>\n<p>3.\tThe<br \/>\naffidavit-in-reply is filed by respondents claimants opposing the<br \/>\napplication for condonation of delay filed by Insurance Co. The delay<br \/>\nof 494 days occurred in filing the first appeal. The reason is given<br \/>\nby applicant   Insurance Co. in Ground-A, which is quoted as under<br \/>\n:\n<\/p>\n<p> A.\t\tThat,<br \/>\nthe applicants obeyed the award and decree passed by the Ld. Tribunal<br \/>\nconsidering the opinion given by the attending advocate and in all<br \/>\nthe group matters deposited the awarded amount with the interest and<br \/>\ncost with the tribunal, but the present respondent No.1 original<br \/>\nclaimants have approached before this Hon&#8217;ble Court for the<br \/>\nreimbursement of the amount deposited with the tribunal in the MACP<br \/>\nNo.52\/01 by way of Spl. C.A. No.12793\/08. During the proceedings of<br \/>\nthat petition the Hon&#8217;ble Court feels that the awarded amount in the<br \/>\nsaid MACP is very excessive, as the claimants are the minor brothers<br \/>\nand sisters and they are not dependents and considering the judgment<br \/>\nof the apex court the applicants feels that in the aforesaid award<br \/>\nappeal should be preferred and the concern office of the insurance<br \/>\ncompany decided and opine to prefer an appeal and after that on<br \/>\naccount of some administrative work the aforesaid delay has been<br \/>\noccurred.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>4.\tThere<br \/>\nis some background which is necessary to be considered by this Court<br \/>\nas order passed by the Division Bench of this Court in LPA No.1601 of<br \/>\n2009 challenging order passed by learned Single Judge of this Court<br \/>\nin SCA No.12793 of 2008. The Division Bench of this Court has decided<br \/>\nsaid LPA on 24.12.2009, which is quoted as under :\n<\/p>\n<p> 1\tWrit<br \/>\npetition was preferred by the appellants, heirs of deceased<br \/>\nMayurkumar Rajubhai Parmar, against the order dated 21.6.2008 passed<br \/>\nby the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (Aux.), Gondal. In the said<br \/>\ncase, the learned Single Judge by its<br \/>\norder dated 17.8.2009 while adjourning the case made the following<br \/>\nobservation:\n<\/p>\n<p> 4.\tMr.Shah,<br \/>\nlearned advocate for the respondent Insurance Company to keep present<br \/>\na responsible officer from the Insurance Company with necessary<br \/>\ninstructions on the point as to why the Insurance Company has not<br \/>\nfiled appeal against the aforesaid judgment and award, particularly<br \/>\nwhen the Tribunal has awarded an amount of Rs.1,54,000\/-  to the<br \/>\nminor brothers and sisters for a death of minor brother.\n<\/p>\n<p>\tIn<br \/>\na case where minor brothers and sisters were not the dependents of<br \/>\nthe minor brother, whether the question of anticipated income of the<br \/>\ndeceased minor was at all required to be considered by the Tribunal<br \/>\nor whether the minor brothers and sisters were entitled to receive<br \/>\ncompensation amount under certain heads only, on account of death of<br \/>\nthe minor.\n<\/p>\n<p>\tIt<br \/>\nwill be appropriate to note that in an unfortunate accident, the<br \/>\nminor claimants lost their father, mother and a minor brother.  For<br \/>\nthe loss of father and mother, two separate claim petitions were<br \/>\nfiled being Motor Accident Claims Petition Nos.50 and 51 of 2001,<br \/>\nwherein the very same Tribunal awarded an amount of Rs.5,62,000\/- and<br \/>\nRs.2,72,000\/- to the present minor claimants being two sons and one<br \/>\ndaughter.\n<\/p>\n<p>2\tLearned<br \/>\ncounsel for the appellants submits that, during pendency of the writ<br \/>\npetition, there was no occasion for the learned Single Judge to<br \/>\nobserve as to why the Insurance Company has not filed appeal against<br \/>\none or other award or judgment, which is uncalled for.\n<\/p>\n<p>3\tLearned<br \/>\ncounsel for the respondent-Insurance Company is also not in a<br \/>\nposition to reply as to what was the occasion for learned Single<br \/>\nJudge to make a positive observation on merit, before final hearing<br \/>\nof the case.\n<\/p>\n<p>4\tHaving<br \/>\nheard learned counsel for the parties, as we are of the view that,<br \/>\nbefore deciding the case on merit, it was not open to the learned<br \/>\nSingle Judge to make any such observation with regard to the award or<br \/>\nto suggest whether any appeal should be preferred against the award<br \/>\nor not, we set aside  the order dated 17.8.2009 passed by the learned<br \/>\nSingle Judge and remit the Special Civil Application No.12793 of 2008<br \/>\n to  the learned Single Judge for a decision on merit.\n<\/p>\n<p>5\tIn<br \/>\nview of the aforesaid order passed in the Letters Patent Appeal, we<br \/>\npass no order in  the First Appeal, which  should be decided<br \/>\nindependently on merit. Both Letters Patent appeal and Civil<br \/>\nApplication filed therein stand disposed of.\n<\/p>\n<p>5.\tThe<br \/>\ncause of action for applicant   Insurance Co. has arisen because of<br \/>\norder passed by learned Single Judge dated 17.8.2009 as referred by<br \/>\nDivision Bench of this Court in order dated 24.12.2009.\n<\/p>\n<p>6.\tLearned<br \/>\nadvocate Mr.Sheth has made submissions relying upon reply against<br \/>\ncondonation of delay application that learned Single Judge orally<br \/>\ndirected to call for the file of Insurance Co. from learned advocate,<br \/>\nwho appeared on behalf of Insurance Co. in SCA, made a statement on<br \/>\n17.8.2009 that he has forwarded his opinion to file appeal against<br \/>\nthe award. Learned advocate who appeared on behalf of Insurance Co.,<br \/>\nforwarded his opinion only after the order dated 17.8.2009 passed by<br \/>\nlearned Single Judge of this Court. Before that the learned Single<br \/>\nJudge of this Court has orally directed to advocate of Insurance Co.<br \/>\nto call for the file from the office and kept the matter on<br \/>\n30.7.2009. On that day, the advocate of Insurance Co. requested for<br \/>\nsome time and matter was kept on 17.8.2009. On that day, learned<br \/>\nadvocate of Insurance Co. was having the file and informed learned<br \/>\nSingle Judge that there is an opinion of Advocate of Insurance Co.<br \/>\nthat it is not a case of appeal. Therefore, he submitted that<br \/>\ndecision to file appeal is taken only after the order passed by<br \/>\nlearned Single Judge of this Court on 17.8.2009. He relied upon<br \/>\ndecision of Apex Court in case of Ajit Singh Thakur Singh v. State of<br \/>\nGujarat reported in 1981 (0) GLHEL-SC 760 wherein the Apex Court has<br \/>\nobserved in para.6 as under :\n<\/p>\n<p> 6.\tAt<br \/>\nthe  outset, it is urged by learned counsel for the appellants that<br \/>\nthe High Court erred in condoning the delay in<br \/>\nfiling  the appeal,\tand  the appeal  should  have\tbeen dismissed as<br \/>\nbarred by limitation. We\t have  examined the facts carefully.<br \/>\nIt\tappears\t that  initially  the  State Government took\t a decision<br \/>\nnot to  file an  appeal and  it allowed the  period of limitation to<br \/>\nlapse. Subsequently, on certain\t observations\tmade  by the\tHigh Court<br \/>\n  while considering a  revision petition  by Bhulabhai that it was a<br \/>\nfit case  where the State Government  should file an appeal and<br \/>\non\tnotice being  issued by\t the High Court to the State Government in<br \/>\nthe matter, the appeal was filed. It was filed three months  after<br \/>\nlimitation\thad expired. A faint attempt was made  to show  that when<br \/>\nthe initial decision was taken not to file an appeal all the papers<br \/>\nhad not been considered by the\tdepartment concerned,  but we  are not<br \/>\nimpressed by that allegation. The truth appears to be that the appeal<br \/>\nas not filed  at first because the State Government saw no case on<br \/>\nthe merits for  an appeal, and it was filed only because the  High<br \/>\nCourt  had\tobserved and that  was long  after limitation had\texpired<br \/>\nthat the case was fit for appeal by the State  Government. Now,  it<br \/>\nis  true  that\ta  party  is entitled to wait until the last day of<br \/>\nlimitation for filing an appeal.  But when  it allows limitation<br \/>\nto\texpire and pleads sufficient  cause for  not filing the appeal<br \/>\nearlier, the sufficient\tcause must  establish that  because of some<br \/>\nevent or  circumstance arising before limitation expired it was not<br \/>\npossible to file the appeal within time. No event or circumstance<br \/>\narising  after the expiry of  limitation can constitute such<br \/>\nsufficient cause.  There may  be events  or circumstances subsequent<br \/>\nto the  expiry of limitation which may further  delay the filing of<br \/>\nthe appeal. But that the limitation has been allowed  to expire<br \/>\nwithout the  appeal being filed  must be  traced to  a cause  arising<br \/>\nwithin the period of limitation. In the present case, there was no<br \/>\nsuch cause, and the High Court erred in condoning the delay.\n<\/p>\n<p>7.\tTherefore,<br \/>\nhe submitted that delay cannot be condoned because of certain<br \/>\nobservations made by this Court while considering revision petition<br \/>\nby Bhulabhai that it was a fit case where the State Government should<br \/>\nfile appeal. In short, the objection of claimant is that such delay<br \/>\nbeing a gross delay not required to be condoned because this decision<br \/>\nwhich has been taken by applicant being an afterthought and based<br \/>\nupon order passed by this Court on 17.8.2009.\n<\/p>\n<p>8.\tLearned<br \/>\nadvocate Mr.Vasant Shah for applicant submitted that delay may be<br \/>\ncondoned and  decide the first appeal preferred by applicant<br \/>\nInsurance Co. on merits after considering submissions made by both<br \/>\nlearned advocates. For that, learned advocate Mr.Sheth has no<br \/>\nobjection to consider first appeal on merits  after condoning the<br \/>\ndelay as prayed by applicant in present civil application.\n<\/p>\n<p>9.<br \/>\nTherefore, in light of submissions made by both learned advocates,<br \/>\ndelay of 494 days caused in filing first appeal is condoned in the<br \/>\ninterest of justice. Rule is made absolute accordingly.\n<\/p>\n<p>10.\tThe<br \/>\nRegistry is directed to register First Appeal (St.) No.4967 of 2009.\n<\/p>\n<p> (H.K.RATHOD,J.) <\/p>\n<p>(vipul)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   Top<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gujarat High Court Oriental vs Bhagwatiben on 23 February, 2010 Author: H.K.Rathod,&amp;Nbsp; Gujarat High Court Case Information System Print CA\/10361\/2009 6\/ 6 ORDER IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD CIVIL APPLICATION No. 10361 of 2009 In FIRST APPEAL (STAMP NUMBER) No. 4967 of 2009 ========================================================= ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTDTHRO&#8217;ITS MANAGER(HUB) &#8211; Petitioner(s) Versus [&hellip;]<\/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":[16,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-242735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gujarat-high-court","category-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Oriental vs Bhagwatiben on 23 February, 2010 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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