Hindustan Ideal Insurance Co. Ltd. vs Pappu Poojary And Ors. on 14 April, 1972
In Hindusthan Ideal Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Pappu Poojari 1972 ACJ 433, it was held by the Mysore High Court that though Section 96(1) of the MV Act does not contemplate passing of a decree against the insurer himself, it did not follow from this proposition that in a proceeding before the Commissioner on an application claiming compensation the insurer could not be pleaded as a party under Section 96(2) of the MV Act, is that the Commissioner could not declare that the insurer was liable to pay the claimants any sum awarded against the employer as if the insurer were the judgment debtor. It is apparent that this view was taken because the Court has satisfied that the provisions of Section 96(1) and (2) of the MV Act applied to a proceeding under the Workmen's Act also.