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Arun Madan, J.—Heard learned Counsel for the parties. This appeal has been preferred against the judgment and award dated 12.2.1999 passed by the learned MACT, Dausa whereby, the award of Rs. 3,30,000/- alongwith interest @ 12% has been passed in favour of the respondents-claimants.
In the matters of Shankarayya and Another Vs. United India Insurance Co. Ltd. and Another, and Narendra Kumar and Another Vs. Yarenissa and Others, the Apex Court held that Insurance Company can be permitted to contest the proceedings on merits only if the condition precedent as mentioned in Section 170 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 are complied with and then Insurance Company has obtained an order in writing from the Tribunal and it should be a reasoned order. Other wise, the Insurance Company cannot have wider defence on merits than what is available to it by way of statutory defence.
The learned Counsel for the appellant has not been in a position to state as to how his plea would overcome the effect of the aforesaid observation of the Apex Court except to say that though application was filed as per Section 170 of the Act but, no permission was granted.
Hence, I do not find any good or valid ground to accept this appeal. As such, the same is dismissed summarily at the admission stage itself.