Mansoor Ahmad Mir, Chief Justice (oral)

CMP (M) No. 562 of 2014 in FAO No. 198 of 2014

Not on Board. Upon mentioning, taken on Board.

2. By the medium of this limitation petition, the appellant-applicant has sought condonation of delay of six years, four months and nineteen days, which has crept-in in filing the present appeal.

3. At this stage, learned counsel for the appellant- applicant stated at the Bar that the other two appeals arising out of the same judgment/award, being FAOs No. 488 of 2007 and 315 of 2008, have already been admitted. Accordingly, I deem it proper to condone the delay in the present appeal also. Ordered accordingly. The application is disposed of.

FAO No. 198 of 2014

4. Appeal is taken on Board.

5. Admit. Issue notice. Mr. Harish Bahl and Mr. Neel Kamal Sood, Advocates, waive notice on behalf of respondent No. 1 and respondent No. 2, respectively. FAOs No. 488 of 2007, 315 of 2008 and 198 of 2014

6. All these appeals are outcome of a motor vehicular accident, which was allegedly caused by owner-cum-driver, namely Shri Rakesh Kumar, while driving jeep, bearing registration No. HP- 55-1771, rashly and negligently, on 25th December, 2003, at about 12.00 P.M.