United India Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Sri Ninge Gowda
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Karnataka, Bengaluru; MFA No. 7578 of 2015 (MV-I); judgment dated 08.06.2026; Coram: Hon'ble Mrs. Justice P Sree Sudha (oral judgment). Appellant: United India Insurance Co. Ltd. (counsel Krishna Kishore S); Respondents: Ninge Gowda (claimant, served by paper publication, order dated 22.02.2019) and Managing Director, BMTC (counsel K. Nagaraj). Filed under Section 173(1) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 against award dated 02.12.2013 in MVC No.399/2012 (Rs.71,084/- with 6% p.a. interest). Key actions: reception of additional documents disputing road traffic accident; remand to Tribunal for fresh evidence and afresh decision within two months; records to be transmitted within ten days; parties to appear 29.06.2026; deposit refunded to insurer; I.A.No.3/2015 closed. No precedent cases cited.
What did the court decide?
Appeal allowed by way of remand: additional documents filed with I.A.No.2/2015 were received; the matter was remanded to the Tribunal (II Additional Small Causes Judge and XXVIII ACMM, MACT, Bengaluru) with direction to give both parties reasonable opportunity to adduce evidence and arguments and to decide afresh within two months from the date of the order; Registry to transmit the records to the Tribunal within ten days; both parties to appear before the Tribunal on 29.06.2026; the amount in deposit to be refunded to the Insurance Company; I.A.No.3/2015 closed in view of the remand.