IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT GWALIOR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE HIRDESH

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ON THE 2 OF FEBRUARY, 2026 MISC. APPEAL No. 1240 of 2016 THE ORIENTAL INSURANCE CO. LTD THR Versus GOVARDHAN SHARMA AND OTHERS Appearance:

Shri Arvind Kumar Agrawal - Advocate for the appellant.

Shri Girish Kumar- Advocate for respondent No.1.

ORDER The present matter pertains to a miscellaneous appeal under Section

173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, challenging the Award dated 15.05.2014 passed by Second Additional Member Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, District Guna (M.P.) in Motor Accident Claim Case No.25/2013.

2. The appellant seek condonation of delay in filing the present appeal by way of an application under Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963 (I.A. No. 5381/2016). It is submitted that the delay has occurred on account of bona fide reasons. The delay has occurred as the appellant bona fide and diligently pursued the remedy of review by filing a review application before the Subordinate Tribunal within limitation, which remained pending and was dismissed only on 15-10-2016. The appellant acted in good faith with a genuine belief that the review application would be allowed, thereby obviating t