Supreme Court of India
Balveer Batra v. The New India Assurance Company & Anr.
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We hold that it would not cause any prejudice to the opposite parties as they have already filed the written statements before the Tribunal despite objecting to the territorial jurisdiction and even thereafter have chosen to adduce oral evidence before the Tribunal, to some extent.
Judgment, page 19
From the headnote
Issue for Consideration The question of territorial jurisdiction was decided by the Tribunal after about 4 years since the filing of the claim petition and the appeal filed in 2010 was dismissed, confirming the dismissal of the claim petition after about 6 years. Headnotes Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 – Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – Victim (son of appellant) died in an motor vehicle accident – Appellant filed an application u/s. 166 of the MV before the tribunal – Issues framed – Both sides examined witnesses – Tribunal held that the mere fact that the insurance company got an office within the
Authorities it was built on
- 1954 Kiran Singh and Others v. Chaman P Aswan and Others.
- 2011 United India Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Shila Datta & Ors.
- 2008 Mantoo Sarkar v. Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. and Others
- 2006 Morgan Securities and Credit Pvt.ltd v. Modi Rubber Ltd.
- 2016 Malati Sardar v. National Insurance Company Limited & Ors.
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