Hon'ble Kshitij Shailendra,J.

EFFECT OF MOTOR VEHICLES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2019 (32 of 2019) ON INSURER’S RIGHT TO RECOVER COMPENSATION FROM OWNER

1. Heard Shri Aditya Singh Parihar, learned counsel for the appellant-Insurance Company, Shri S.D. Ojha, and Shri Shreesh Srivastava, learned counsel for the claimant-respondents and Shri Abhinav Trivedi as well as Shri Adarsh Kumar, learned counsel for vehicle owner and driver in all the connected appeals.

2. All these appeals involve common questions of fact and law and, hence, are being decided by a common judgment. For the sake of convenience, First Appeal From Order No. 1780 of 2024 shall be treated as leading case.

3. The present appeal at the instance of Insurance Company challenges the award dated 01.06.2024, whereby the Presiding Officer, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Kanpur Dehat has allowed M.A.C. No. 186 of 2022 (Smt. Aarti Devi and others vs. Manager I.C.I.C.I. Lombard General Insurance Company Limited and others) in part awarding a sum of Rs.20,11,800/- towards compensation against the owner and driver of the offending vehicle with an observation that vehicle being insured with the appellant-Company, the appellant shall have rig