Shyama Devi And Ors vs Nemi Chand And Ors on 16 September, 2020
This Court takes note of the fact that once the documents
prepared by the police authorities wherein challan was filed
against the driver of the vehicle and which documents have been
held to be admissible in evidence by this Court in R.S.R.T.C. vs.
Nand Lal, ACTC 2001 (Raj.) 489, the burden shifted on the
insurance company, owner and driver of the vehicle. The insurance
company in the present case has not called any witnesses so as to
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question the implication of the vehicle in question. The learned
Tribunal had no reason not to accept the story given by the
claimants supported by the charge-sheet filed by the police. The
charge-sheet filed by the police is an unrefuted document. The
insurance company has made no efforts whatsoever to counter the
same or to produce any documentary evidence or to call the
investigating officer or any person, which could discharge the
burden of proof which shifted upon the insurance company due to
the preponderance of possibility. Thus, no interference is called for
in the impugned judgment at the instance of the appellant
insurance company.