The Manager v. G Vekatesha
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, Justice B M Shyam Prasad, WP No. 32703 of 2025 (GM-AC), decided 07-01-2026. Insurer's challenge to delay-condonation order (Section 5, Limitation Act 1963) in MVC No.203/2025, Principal Senior Civil Judge and CJM Chitradurga, disposed of subject to final outcome of Apex Court proceedings in WP(C) No.166/2024 and connected matters (interim order dated 16.12.2025); Tribunal to adjudicate claim petition under Motor Vehicles Act 1988 without passing judgment. Keywords: condonation of delay, Section 5 Limitation Act, Section 166(3) MV Act, Order VII Rule 11 CPC, Section 151 CPC, maintainability of MVC claim petition, Articles 226/227, IFFCO Tokio General Insurance.
What did the court decide?
No relief as prayed (quashing/mandamus not granted); petition disposed of with the Tribunal's impugned order made subject to the final outcome of the pending matters before the Apex Court, and the Tribunal to continue adjudication of the claim petition without passing judgment.