Cholamandalam M.S. General Insurance Company Limited v. Leela Bai Patel
Batch of 54 civil revisions (CR) – Motor Accident Claims – Limitation
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What is this about?
High Court of Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur, common order dt. 08.04.2026 by Amitendra Kishore Prasad, J., disposing 54 civil revisions (CR Nos. 193, 269, 166, 164, 160, 154, 146, 145, 144, 137, 132, 17, 9 of 2025; 165 of 2024; 34, 14 of 2026; 204, 284, 264, 254, 194, 174, 141 of 2024-2025; 181, 296, 35, 15, 215, 295, 285, 185, 268, 297, 267, 197, 187 of 2025; 20, 339, 200, 278, 179 of 2024-2026; 183, 336, 6, 236, 302, 202, 32, 2, 192, 72, 52, 172, 179 of 2025-2026) filed by insurers (Shriram General, Cholamandalam MS, ICICI Lombard, SBI General, Bajaj Allianz, Tata AIG, Oriental, Magma/Megma HDI, Bharti Axa) and vehicle owners. Core issues: maintainability of S.166 MV Act claims filed beyond limitation; Tribunal's power to condone delay akin to S.5 Limitation Act; Order 7 Rule 11 CPC rejection. Result: no revisional interference in light of Supreme Court interim directions (ICICI Lombard v. Ayiti Navaneetha, order dt. 04.11.2025; Bhagirathi Dash v. Union of India, W.P.(C) 166/2024, order dt. 19.03.2026); adjudication to continue; no final award till S.166(3) issue settled; interim orders vacated; contentions kept open; no costs. Keywords: condonation of delay MACT; limitation S.166(3); Order 7 Rule 11 CPC; interim directions Supreme Court.