Ram Dulari vs Smt. Saroj Devi And Another on 19 October, 2023
After an elaborate reference to a Bench decision of the Calcutta High Court in Sri. Srikrishna Kant Singh v. Sri. Parameswar Achutanan Nair and others, 2019 (4) TAC 920 : 2018 SCC OnLine Cal 5308, it was held that the duties of the Tribunal while determining a compensation claim in a motor accident are essentially inquisitorial; not adversarial. The provisions of Rule 215 of the U.P. Motor Vehicles Rules, 1998 (for short, 'the Rules of 1998') must also be noticed. Rule 215 of the Rules of 1998 reads: