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CR-4075-2026 (O&M) -:1:-

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA

AT CHANDIGARH

CR-4075-2026 (O&M)

(129

Date of Decision:14.05.2026

ANIL KUKREJA @ ANIL KUMAR

… Petitioner

Versus

AMRINDER SINGH AND OTHERS

... Respondent

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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIRINDER AGGARWAL

Present:- Mr. Abhinav Sood, Advocate;

Mr. Mehndi Singhal, Advocate and

Mr. Akshay Sharma, Advocate

for the petitioner.

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VIRINDER AGGARWAL , J . (Oral)

1. The instant revision petition has been instituted under Article

227 of the Constitution of India invoking the supervisory jurisdiction of

this Court, assailing the legality and propriety of the order dated

18.04.2026 (Annexure P-1) passed by the learned Motor Accident Claims

Tribunal, Ferozepur (for short ‘MACT’), whereby the application

preferred by the petitioner under Order I Rule 10(2) of the Code of Civil

Procedure, 1908 (for short, “CPC”) seeking deletion of his name from the

array of parties came to be declined.

2. It has been contended that claim petition bearing No.

MACP/25/2024 titled as Amrinder Singh vs. Simmu @ Harsimaran Singh

and Others is presently pending adjudication before the learned MACT,

Ferozepur. In the said proceedings, the petitioner has been impleaded as

GAURAV SOROT

2026.05.15 18:03

I attest to the accuracy and

integrity of this document

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respondent No.2 on the allegation that he continued to be the registered

owner of the offending vehicle involved in the accident. However,

according to the petitioner, he had already divested himself of all rights,

title, interest, and possession in respect of the said vehicle much prior to

the occurrence of the accident.

2.1. It is averred that the petitioner had purchased a new Maruti

Suzuki Brezza vehicle from respondent No.3, a Public Limited Company

and an authorized dealer of Maruti Suzuki India Limited, on 21.07.2022

under an exchange scheme. At the time of such transaction, the petitioner

handed over possession of the offending vehicle to respondent No.3 and

executed blank Forms Nos.29 and 30, upon the assurance that all requisite

formalities pertaining to transfer of ownership would be duly completed

by respondent No.3. Thereafter, on 28.07.2022, respondent No.3 allegedly

sold and delivered possession of the offending vehicle to one Mr. Rohit

Wadhawa, who, in turn, subsequently transferred the vehicle to respondent

No.2, namely Simmu @ Harsimaran Singh, on 17.09.2023. It is further

alleged that respondent No.3 filled up Forms Nos.29 and 30 by directly

reflecting the name of Simmu @ Harsimaran Singh as transferee, without

disclosing or incorporating the intermediary transfer in favour of Mr. Rohit

Wadhawa.

2.2. Subsequently, the accident in question occurred on

10.11.2023, pursuant whereto the respondent-claimant instituted the

aforesaid claim petition against the petitioner, the subsequent purchaser,

and the insurance company. The petitioner thereafter moved an application

before the learned Tribunal seeking deletion of his name from the array of

respondents and for impleadment of respondent No.3 as a necessary party

GAURAV SOROT

2026.05.15 18:03

I attest to the accuracy and

integrity of this document

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to the proceedings. The said application was partly allowed vide the

impugned order insofar as respondent No.3 was ordered to be impleaded;

however, the prayer seeking deletion of the petitioner’s name from the

array of parties was declined.

3. Aggrieved by the impugned order to the aforesaid extent, the

petitioner has preferred the present revision petition before this Court.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has vehemently contended

that the learned MACT has committed a material illegality and

jurisdictional error in declining the prayer seeking deletion of the

petitioner’s name from the array of respondents. It has been argued that

once the petitioner had transferred the offending vehicle to respondent

No.3 and had parted with its possession after execution of the requisite

documents, his liability in respect thereof stood extinguishe