Branch Manager v. Payal Manikpuri
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High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur; Amitendra Kishore Prasad, J.; decided 08.04.2026; NAFR. Common order in a batch of 54 civil revisions (CR): 2024 — CR Nos. 141, 165, 179; 2025 — CR Nos. 9, 17, 72, 132, 137, 144, 145, 146, 154, 160, 164, 166, 172, 174, 179, 181, 183, 185, 187, 192, 193, 194, 197, 200, 202, 204, 215, 236, 254, 264, 267, 268, 269, 278, 284, 285, 295, 296, 297, 302, 336, 339; 2026 — CR Nos. 2, 6, 14, 15, 20, 32, 34, 35, 52. Applicants: insurance companies (Shriram General, Cholamandalam MS/M.S., ICICI Lombard, ICICI General, SBI General, Bajaj Allianz, Tata A.I.G., Oriental, Magma, Magma HDI, Megma HDI, Bharti Axa merged with ICICI Lombard) except CR 72/2025 (applicants Heraman Jurri, driver, and Mahesh Bhojwani, owner). Subject: maintainability of Section 166(3) MV Act time-barred MACT claim petitions; condonation of delay on principles analogous to Section 5 Limitation Act; Order 7 Rule 11 CPC rejection applications; revisional jurisdiction; reliance on Supreme Court interim orders in ICICI Lombard v. Ayiti Navaneetha (SLP(C) Nos. 8412–8413/2023, 04.11.2025) and Bhagirathi Dash v. Union of India (W.P.(C) 166/2024, 19.03.2026). Outcome: revisions disposed of, interim orders vacated, adjudication to continue but no final award until the Supreme Court decides the limitation issue; contentions kept open; no costs.