Court : Patna
..... on behalf of the appellant it has been submitted that the learned tribunal below lost sight of the legal position that he was discharging duty of the claims tribunal under motor vehicles act and not as additional district judge while disposing of the petition. ..... for the insurance company, the owner and driver of the bus should have been made parties because they permitted travelling on the bus contrary to the manner prescribed by section 123 of the motor vehicles act and, therefore, they contributed to the accident. ..... section 169 of the motor vehicles act itself provides that in holding any inquiry under section 168, the claims tribunal, subject to any rules made in this behalf, shall follow such summary procedure as it thinks fit. ..... i, ii and iv have been given only on basis of technical rules of pleading and evidence which are not strictly applicable in a proceeding before the claims tribunal in view of clear provision in section 169 of the motor vehicles act. ..... 4 of 1995 under provisions of the motor vehicles act. .....
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