Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 361 · Decided 8 February 2024
Balveer Batra v. The New India Assurance Company & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 361 · [2024] 2 S.C.R. 1204
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1842/2024
- Decided
- 8 February 2024
- Bench
- C.T. RAVIKUMAR, RAJESH BINDAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 21; Motor Vehicles Act Section 21
Headnote
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. Motor 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
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