{"id":53596,"date":"2011-06-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-20T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/baby-devi-vs-sunaina-devi-sunita-devi-on-21-june-2011"},"modified":"2018-12-24T08:13:50","modified_gmt":"2018-12-24T02:43:50","slug":"baby-devi-vs-sunaina-devi-sunita-devi-on-21-june-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/baby-devi-vs-sunaina-devi-sunita-devi-on-21-june-2011","title":{"rendered":"Baby Devi vs Sunaina Devi @ Sunita Devi on 21 June, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Patna High Court &#8211; Orders<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Baby Devi vs Sunaina Devi @ Sunita Devi on 21 June, 2011<\/div>\n<pre>                 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA\n                                 MA No.697 of 2009\nBABY DEVI, W\/o Ravindra Kumar, Resident of Village - Dhandua,\nP.S.- Jandaha, District - Vaishali at Hajipur.\n                       ..... Opp. Party No. 1 (owner), Appellant.\n                                      Versus\nSUNAINA DEVI @ SUNITA DEVI, Wife of Ram Babu Rai, Resident of\nVillage - Govindpur Thakharaha, P.S.- Rajapakar, District-\nVaishali at Hajipur (Pchhoner).\n                                     ...... Claimant, Respondent\n                                    -----------\n<\/pre>\n<p>For the appellant: Sri Hemendra Prasad Singh, Advocate<br \/>\nFor the respondent: Sri Dhurendra Kumar, Advocate<br \/>\n                    Sri Ashok Priyadarshi, S.C.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                  &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;\n<\/p>\n<p>11   21.06.2011             Heard   Sri    Hemendra    Prasad   Singh,<\/p>\n<p>                  learned    counsel      for   the   appellant,   Sri<\/p>\n<p>                  Dhurendra Kumar, who appears on behalf of sole<\/p>\n<p>                  respondent\/claimant on M.A. 697 of 2009 as well<\/p>\n<p>                  as Interlocutory Application No. 2638 of 2010<\/p>\n<p>                  filed for impleading National Insurance Company<\/p>\n<p>                  as proposed respondent and I.A. No. 7583 of<\/p>\n<p>                  2009, which was filed for condoning the delay.<\/p>\n<p>                            Interlocutory Application i.e. I.A. No.<\/p>\n<p>                  7583 of 2009 was filed for condoning the delay<\/p>\n<p>                  of seven days in filing the appeal.<\/p>\n<p>                            In view of grounds set forth in the<\/p>\n<p>                  limitation petition, delay in filing the appeal<\/p>\n<p>                  is condoned and Interlocutory Application No.<\/p>\n<p>                  7583 of 2009 stands allowed.\n<\/p>\n<p>                            On Interlocutory Application No. 2638<\/p>\n<p>                  of 2010, Sri Ashok Priyadarshi, learned counsel<\/p>\n<p>                  for   National       Insurance      Company\/proposed<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                       2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>respondent, has argued that since the appeal<\/p>\n<p>was   filed      at       belated    stage,       the    prayer       for<\/p>\n<p>impleading        National           Insurance          Company        as<\/p>\n<p>respondent is liable to be rejected.<\/p>\n<p>           I have heard Sri Hemendra Prasad Singh,<\/p>\n<p>learned counsel for the appellant on merit of<\/p>\n<p>the case.\n<\/p>\n<p>           The    present           appeal       has    been        filed<\/p>\n<p>against an order which was passed under Section<\/p>\n<p>140   of   the    Motor       Vehicle        Act,      whereby,       the<\/p>\n<p>learned Motor Vehicle Accident Claim Tribunal,<\/p>\n<p>Vaishali at Hajipur (hereinafter referred to as<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Tribunal&#8217;)       had       allowed       the    petition       of   the<\/p>\n<p>claimant for payment of interim compensation of<\/p>\n<p>Rs. 50,000\/-\n<\/p>\n<pre>           The    appellant          is     the       owner    of    the\n\noffending vehicle.\n\n           Learned          counsel        for    the         appellant\n\nsubmits,        that        the      learned          Tribunal       has\n\nincorrectly           decided       that        the     vehicle       in\n\n<\/pre>\n<p>question, at the time of accident, was being<\/p>\n<p>driven     by     the       son     of     the    owner        of    the<\/p>\n<p>vehicle\/appellant.\n<\/p>\n<p>           It         was      submitted              that       during<\/p>\n<p>investigation it has come that the vehicle in<\/p>\n<p>question was being driven by the driver who was<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                  3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>having proper licence.\n<\/p>\n<p>        It was further submitted that before<\/p>\n<p>passing the interim order the learned Tribunal<\/p>\n<p>was required to conduct an enquiry which has<\/p>\n<p>not been done, and accordingly, the order in<\/p>\n<p>question, is liable to be set aside.<\/p>\n<p>        Learned            counsel            for           the<\/p>\n<p>respondent\/claimant submits that F.I.R. itself<\/p>\n<p>indicates    that    at   the   time   of     accident       the<\/p>\n<p>vehicle in question was being driven by the son<\/p>\n<p>of the owner\/appellant, who was not authorised<\/p>\n<p>to drive the commercial vehicle. At the time of<\/p>\n<p>hearing the petition filed under Section 140 of<\/p>\n<p>the Motor Vehicle Act learned Tribunal was not<\/p>\n<p>required to ask the claimant to establish with<\/p>\n<p>all evidence that accident had occurred due to<\/p>\n<p>gross negligence and fault of the owner, but<\/p>\n<p>only on prima facie satisfaction the Tribunal<\/p>\n<p>was required to pass order.\n<\/p>\n<p>        It     was    further    submitted          that    the<\/p>\n<p>claimant has also filed Claim Petition under<\/p>\n<p>Section 166 of the Motor Vehicle Act vide Claim<\/p>\n<p>Case No. 130 of 2010 which is still pending.<\/p>\n<p>Accordingly,    it   was   argued      that    the    interim<\/p>\n<p>compensation amount can be adjusted at the time<\/p>\n<p>of   final   adjudication       of     the    claim        case.<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                     4<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Accordingly,        it        was     submitted         that      the<\/p>\n<p>appellant\/owner          would        be     at    liberty          to<\/p>\n<p>participate in the main claim petition and may<\/p>\n<p>take any stand in the said claim petition.<\/p>\n<p>           In the present case, on 2.12.2007, son<\/p>\n<p>of the claimant died in an accident by                             the<\/p>\n<p>commercial vehicle of the appellant. After the<\/p>\n<p>accident,    an     F.I.R.      was     lodged,        and   in    the<\/p>\n<p>F.I.R.     the    informant           made    statement,          that<\/p>\n<p>vehicle in question at the time of accident was<\/p>\n<p>being driven by the son of the owner of the<\/p>\n<p>vehicle,    whereas,          since    it    was   a    commercial<\/p>\n<p>vehicle    it    was     required       to    be   driven      by   a<\/p>\n<p>driver having licence for driving the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Accordingly, a petition under Section 140 of<\/p>\n<p>the Motor Vehicle Act was initially filed for<\/p>\n<p>interim compensation and the learned Tribunal<\/p>\n<p>after     hearing       the    parties       and   prima       facie<\/p>\n<p>satisfied that owner himself was at fault has<\/p>\n<p>passed      the impugned order and directed the<\/p>\n<p>owner of the vehicle\/appellant to pay interim<\/p>\n<p>compensation of Rs. 50,000\/-. Subsequently, as<\/p>\n<p>submitted by learned counsel for respondent, a<\/p>\n<p>Claim Petition under Section 166 of the Motor<\/p>\n<p>Vehicle Act has been filed vide Claim Case No.<\/p>\n<p>130 of 2010 and the same is still pending.<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                             5<\/span><\/p>\n<pre>                     The    court      is   of     the      opinion    that\n\n         appellant    can       lead   evidence        to    dispute    the\n\n<\/pre>\n<p>         claim of the sole respondent in the claim case<\/p>\n<p>         filed under Section 166 of Motor Vehicle Act,<\/p>\n<p>         and at this stage, it is not appropriate to<\/p>\n<p>         interfere      with the impugned order which has<\/p>\n<p>         been passed for immediately compensating the<\/p>\n<p>         family of the deceased.\n<\/p>\n<p>                  After going through the impugned order<\/p>\n<p>         the court is of the opinion that there is no<\/p>\n<p>         error,   and      accordingly,          the     order   impugned<\/p>\n<p>         requires no interference.\n<\/p>\n<p>                  The appeal stands rejected.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                                (Rakesh Kumar, J.)<br \/>\nPraful\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patna High Court &#8211; Orders Baby Devi vs Sunaina Devi @ Sunita Devi on 21 June, 2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MA No.697 of 2009 BABY DEVI, W\/o Ravindra Kumar, Resident of Village &#8211; Dhandua, P.S.- Jandaha, District &#8211; Vaishali at Hajipur. &#8230;.. Opp. Party No. 1 (owner), Appellant. Versus SUNAINA [&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":[8,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-patna-high-court-orders"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Baby Devi vs Sunaina Devi @ Sunita Devi on 21 June, 2011 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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\/baby-devi-vs-sunaina-devi-sunita-devi-on-21-june-2011\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Baby Devi vs Sunaina Devi @ Sunita Devi on 21 June, 2011 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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