Smt. Nisha Rani and 3 Others v. The New India Assurance Company Ltd. and 3 Others

Court No. - 6 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 39143 of 2023 Petitioner :- Smt. Nisha Rani And 3 Others Respondent :- The New India Assurance Company Ltd. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Krishna Mohan Rai Hon'ble Mrs. Manju Rani Chauhan,J. Heard Mr. Krishna Mohan Rai, learned counsel for the petitioners and perused the record. The writ petition has been filed by the petitioners with prayer to direct the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal Agra for expedite disposal of the M.A.C. No.03 of 2018 (Smt. Nisha Rani and others vs. The New India Assurance Company Ltd. and others), under Section 166 &140 of M.V. Act read with U.P. Motor Vehicle Rules, 2011, within the stipulated period. Learned counsel for the petitioners submit that the husband of petitioner no.1 died in a road accident on 22.06.2017 due to which a claim petition was filed before Motor Accident Claims Tribunal Agra, which is pending since 2018, therefore, a direction may be issued to Motor Accident Claim Tribunal, Agra to decide the same, as expeditiously as possible. Learned Standing Counsel has no objection to the same. No useful purpose would be served by keeping this petition pending in view of the order, which the Court proposes to pass hereunder. Considering the facts and circumstance of the case and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this writ petition is finally disposed off with a direction to the Motor Accident Claim Tribunal, Agra to decide the aforesaid claim petition of the petitioners, and pass appropriate order, in accordance with law, by means of a reasoned and speaking order, after giving opportunities of hearing to the parties concerned, as expeditiously as possible, without granting any unnecessary or long adjournments to either of the parties, preferably within a period of two months, from the date of production of certified copy of this order, if there is no legal impediment. Order Date :- 30.11.2023 Kalp Nath Singh High Court of Judicature at Allahabad