Mansoor Ahmad Mir, J.

FAO No. 455 of 2007

This appeal is directed against the award, dated 30th March, 2007, passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, (hereinafter referred to as “the Tribunal”) in Claim Petition No. 15/2006, whereby compensation to the tune of Rs. 2,02,000/- with interest at the rate of 7% per annum, from the date of filing of the claim petition till its realization, came to be awarded in favour of the claimant-appellant, herein and against the insured-owner-respondent No. 1, herein (for short, the “impugned award”).

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2. The insured-owner has filed this limitation petition for condoning the delay of 7 years, 4 months and 6 days, which has crept-in, in filing the appeal, against the impugned award.

3. Before I deal with the main appeal, i.e. FAO No. 455 of 2007, I deem it proper to deal with the limitation petition.

4. In this limitation petition, it is averred that the impugned award is wrong to the extent of saddling the owner-insured with the liability. The liability was to be fastened upon the insurer-National Insurance Company, as the owner-insured has not committed any breach.

5. The applicant-insured-owne