JUDGEMENT
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(1.) The instant writ petition has been filed by the petitioner- claimant challenging the order dt. 9 th August, 2019, whereby the
application filed under Order 1 Rule 10 read with Section 151 CPC
filed by the Insurance Company has been allowed and it has been
directed that driver, owner and insurer of the other vehicle i.e.
motor cycle, be impleaded as parties in the claim petition.
(2.) Counsel for the petitioner-claimant submitted that in the alleged accident which took place on 1 st February, 2017, serious
injuries were sustained by the petitioner and the petitioner filed a
claim petition against the driver, owner and insurer of the other
vehicle bearing No. RJ-08-UA-2945. Counsel for the petitioner
submitted that the application filed by the Insurance Company
under Order 1 Rule 10 CPC has wrongly been allowed by the
Tribunal.
(3.) Counsel submitted that impleadment of the parties is the sole discretion and choice of the claimant and if there are two
colliding vehicles, claimant reserves his right to make the driver,
owner and insurer of the vehicle against whom he wants claim and
as such he cannot be insisted that all the joint tort feasors in case
of composite negligence, should be made party.;
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