“Briefly, the facts are that on 04.09.04, the petitioner was coming from his office at Defence Colony to his house on a 2-wheeler scooter bearing no. DL 3S Y 1553. At about 9.00 PM when he reached near Qutab Hotel, a car make Honda City bearing no. CH 01 U 0227 being driven by respondent no. 1 at a high speed and in a rash and negligent manner came from the opposite side and hit on the right of his scooter. It thereafter collided with a DTC bus bearing no. DL 1P B 1008 which was behind the petitioner‟s scooter. The petitioner fell down and sustained injuries. He was removed to Sita Ram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research where his MLC was prepared. He was thereafter, transferred to Indian Spinal Injuries Centre. A case was registered vide FIR 446/04 at the police station Hauz Khas. The petitioner was 39 years of age. He used to work with AZ Datamal (Pvt.) Ltd. and get salary of Rs. 12,000/- p.m. Respondent no. 3 was the owner of the Honda City car. Respondent no. 2 was the driver of the DTC bus which was owned by respondent no. 4. Respondent no. 5 was the insurer of the Honda City car.”
