National Insurance Co. Ltd vs Swaran Singh & Ors on 5 January, 2004
The award
passed by the Tribunal directing the insurance
company to pay the compensation amount
awarded to the claimants and thereafter,
recover the same from the owner of the
vehicle in question, is in accordance with the
judgment passed by this Court in Swaran
Singh [National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Swaran
Singh, (2004) 3 SCC 297 : 2004 SCC (Cri)
733] and Laxmi Narain Dhut [National
Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Laxmi Narain Dhut,
(2007) 3 SCC 700 : (2007) 2 SCC (Cri) 142]
cases. While so, in our view, the High Court
ought not to have interfered with the award
passed by the Tribunal directing the first
respondent to pay and recover from the owner
of the vehicle.