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2012 Supreme(Gau) 1214

UTPALENDU BIKAS SAHA, SUBHASIS TALAPATRA
Sujata Deb (Gupta) – Appellant
Versus
State of Tripura – Respondent


Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For Appellant/Petitioner/Plaintiff: Party-in-Person
For Respondents/Defendant: Mr. D.P. Kundu, AG, Mr. N.C. Pal and Ms. R. Guha

JUDGMENT

Subhasis Talapatra, J.

1. This petition pro bono publico has been filed by Smt. Sujata Deb (Gupta), a practicing lawyer, having persuaded by the glaring inaction of the Officer-in-charges of various police stations spread over the State of Tripura as regards forwarding of the report under Section 158(6) of the M.V. Act, 1988 to the respective claims Tribunal having jurisdiction and to the concerned insurer and the owner within 30(thirty) days of receiving the information relating to any road traffic accident involving death or bodily injury to any person, with definite reference to the direction of the Apex Court as rendered in General Insurance Council & Ors. Vs. State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors., reported in (2007) 12 SCC 354 and Jay Prakash Vrs. National Insurance Company Limited & Ors., reported in (2010) 2 SCC 607 wherein specific directions were given to the Chief Secretaries and the Director Generals of Police of all the States and the Registrar Generals of all High Courts for compliance of the provision of Section 158(6) of the M.V. Act, 1988. The petitioner further submitted that the purpose of such direction was to ensure that all accident victims get compensation as






























































































































































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