Court No. - 19

Case :- WRIT - C No. - 6281 of 2016

Petitioner :- New India Assurance Company Ltd.

Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others

Counsel for Petitioner :- Pradeep Kumar Sinha

Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.

Hon'ble Saurabh Shyam Shamshery,J.

Shri.Pradeep Kumar Sinha, learned counsel for the petitioner is

present.

In the present matter following order was passed on 12.2.2016:

"Heard Sri Pradeep Kumar Sinha, learned counsel for the

petitioner and learned Standing Counsel appearing for the

State-respondents.

While assailing the impugned award dated 12.12.2015 passed

by the Permanent Lok Adalat, Jhansi in PLA Case No. 30 of

2015 (Ajai Kumar Vs. Branch Manager, New India Assurance

Com. Ltd. and Others), learned counsel for the petitioner

submits that the impugned award is without jurisdiction as the

Permanent Lok Adalat has no jurisdiction to adjudicate upon

the matter relating to road accident and it was to be tried by the

Motor Accident Claims Tribunal. In support of his submissions,

he has placed reliance upon the judgments in Bajaj Allianz

General Insurance Co. Ltd. Vs. Madhava Nair and Others

(2013 (3) TAC 2014 (Kant.) and Bajaj Allianz General