Umesh Prasad, S/o Sri Kolha Manjhi @ Kolha Mahto, Hazaribagh v. Most. Tilwa, W/o Late Basant Mahto @ Basant Mehta
2012-05-01
APARESH KUMAR SINGH, PRAKASH TATIA
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JUDGMENT Heard learned counsel for the parties on review petition. 2. Learned counsel for the review petitioner is owner of the vehicle by which accident was caused. According to the learned counsel for the review petitioner the Division Bench committed error which is apparent on the face of the order dated 20.03.2009. It is submitted that in para-4 of the impugned order the Division Bench has taken note of the facts stated in the Award passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal and it has been held in the said Award that deceased was travelling in the vehicle not merely as passenger to the said truck but had boarded the same for carrying vegetables. 3. However, while deciding the appeal against Award, in para-7 the Division Bench has observed that the deceased was travelling as a passenger alongwith other persons in a goods carrying vehicle and therefore, the Insurance Company cannot be held liable to pay compensation. 4. According to the learned counsel for the petitioner, the person who is carrying his goods or who has boarded in the goods vehicle to carry goods is covered in view of Section 147(i) B. 5. Learned counsel for the Insurance Company vehemently submitted that there is no error of fact or law in the impugned judgement delivered by the Division Bench. He drew our attention to the facts recorded in the Award wherein it has already been recorded by the Tribunal that the petitioner was also one of the co-passengers who was travelling in the goods vehicle and it is not the case of even claimants that the victim was travelling for carrying the goods. 6. In view of the above reasons, we do not find any error in the impugned order passed by the Division Bench and the review application is dismissed.