Sriram General Insurance Company Ltd. v. Smt Anjandevi
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka HC (Bengaluru), WP No.1991/2026 (GM-AC), decided 02-02-2026 by Justice B M Shyam Prasad. Insurer's challenge to Tribunal order allowing delay condonation under Section 5 Limitation Act, 1963 and rejecting Order VII Rule 11(d) CPC / Section 166(3) Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 maintainability objection in MVC No.2584/2025 (claim petition filed beyond six months of accident by respondents 1-3). Petition disposed of: Tribunal's order made subject to outcome of pending Supreme Court matters (SLP Nos.8412-8413/2023; WP(C) No.166/2024); merits inquiry to continue but judgment/award not to be finalized per Apex Court interim order dated 16.12.2025. Keywords: belated claim petition, delay condonation, limitation, maintainability, motor accident claims, Article 226, subject to Apex Court outcome.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief adjudicated; petition disposed of with the direction that the Tribunal's impugned order dated 09.09.2025 will be subject to the outcome of the pending matters before the Apex Court, the merits inquiry continuing but the Tribunal refraining from pronouncing its judgment and award meanwhile