New India Assurance Co. Ltd. vs Rafeeka Sultan And Ors. on 26 September, 2000
18. Decision of the court in United India Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Ramdas Patil, 2000 ACJ 275 (MP), runs counter to the five Judges Bench decision of this court. The question before the Division Bench was not whether revision would lie under section 115 of the Code of Civil Procedure where compensation awarded is below Rs. 10,000 but the issue posed before the Division Bench was whether insured could take resort to revision where compensation awarded is shockingly high. It has been found in the preceding part of the judgment that the Tribunal is a civil court as distinguished from the criminal court, discharging functions assigned to them under the special Act, though subordinate to the High Court. The order(s)/award(s) passed by them can be questioned in the superior court only on grounds and in circumstances available under the Act and the provision of Civil Procedure Code has application only to the extent provided in Section 169 of the Act read with rules framed by the State Government under Section 111A.