Supreme Court of India

Balveer Batra v. The New India Assurance Company & Anr.

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Reported as [2024] 2 S.C.R. 1204
Bench C.T. Ravikumar and Rajesh Bindal JJ.
Decided 8 February 2024

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What the Court ordered

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

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