On 1.3.1984, one Chinku, S o Sukharania and Ram Dhan aged about 20 years, a rickshaw puller by profession was hit by a motorcycle bearing Registration No.
Rikhi Ram and Pawan Kumar, appellants herein, while jointly denying the accident, pleaded that the motorcycle did number belong to them rather it belongs to M s. Azad Engineering Works, Bhatinda who have been its owners.
Subsequently, Rikhi Ram and M s. Azad Engineering Works, appellant herein, purchased the motorcycle from its owners M s. Bhagwan Rai Amrit Lal who did number give any intimation of the aforesaid transaction to the insurance companypany.
The deceaseds parents filed a petition before the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Bhatinda claming a sum of Rs.
2003 1 SCR 872 The Judgment of the Court was delivered by KHARE, CJ.
It is in this way the appellants have filed the petition.
M s. Azad Engineering Company was also added as a party to the claim petition.
They were the registered owners of the vehicle.
driven negligently by Ashok Kumar and Pawan Kumar, S o Rikhi Ram.
3,60,000 alongwith interest under Section 110 A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 hereinafter referred to as the Act .
Chinku died in the hospital.
64,000 and that the insurance companypany was number liable to pay the amount of companypensation.
PUT 3504.
As a result of the aforesaid accident.
Ashok Kumar also filed a separate written statement taking identical objections.
It is also admitted that Ashok Kumar was an employee of M s. Azad Engineering Works.
Aggrieved, the appellants filed an appeal before the Division Bench of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana which was dismissed.
It was admitted that the motorcycle was got insured by M s. Bhagwan Rai Amrit Lal, companymission agents, Bhatinda.
