Darshana v. Ram Avtar and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Darshana v. Ram Avtar and others, FAO-570-2019 (O&M), High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh, decided 07.07.2025 by Nidhi Gupta, J. (oral). Motor accident compensation appeal against MACT Rohtak Award dated 19.07.2018 (M.A.C. Petition No. 10 of 2016 under Section 166 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988; ₹1,75,693/- compensation with 9% p.a. interest) dismissed for non-prosecution on grounds of appellant's repeated absence (28.01.2020 adjournment at counsel's request; un-represented 23.11.2022; absent again despite case called twice) and utterly casual attitude; no merits argued; pending applications disposed. Keywords: dismissal for non-prosecution, claimant absent, casual attitude, MACT Rohtak, Section 166 MV Act, FAO.
What did the court decide?
The appellant exhibited an utterly casual attitude in the pursuit of the litigation; valuable public time of the Court was expended in affording opportunities, yet neither the appellant nor her counsel was seriously interested in pursuing the matter.