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2017 Supreme(P&H) 1576

ANITA CHAUDHRY
Vinod Kumar Jain – Appellant
Versus
Chandu Lal – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellant :Mr. Jitender K. Sehrawat, Advocate
For the Respondent:Ms. Neha Awasthi, Advocate for Mr. Hemant Bassi, Advocate Mr. Subhash Goyal, Advocate

JUDGMENT :

ANITA CHAUDHRY, J.

1. These are two appeals filed by the claimants aggrieved by the dismissal of their claim petitions. I propose to deal with both the cases together as they arise out of the common accident.

2. Few facts need to be detailed first. Vinod Kumar Jain and Billu @ Bijender were going on a motorcycle on 18.05.2008 from Narnaul to Singhana. They met with an accident at about 4/4:30 PM near Mohanpur turn. The allegations were that a Tata Pickup driven by Chandu Lal respondent no.1 came at a high speed and hit them from behind. Both the riders sustained injuries. The FIR was registered after two days on 20.05.2008.

3. Both the injured filed claim petitions seeking compensation. All the respondents denied the involvement of the vehicle.

4. Both the claim petitions were dismissed as the Tribunal noted that the FIR was against a unknown vehicle and unknown driver. It also noted that the injured could not even give the make or the colour of the vehicle and elaborately dealt with the argument led by their counsel in para 20.

5. I have heard the submissions made on behalf of the appellants and I am unable to concur with this view. The FIR was against a unknown vehicle and u


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