1 2025:CGHC:55602 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCC No. 1157 of 2025 1 - National Insurance Company Limited Through Divisional Manager, Divisional Office B-1 Taha Complex First Floor, Ring Road, Priyadarshani Nagar, Bilaspur, Tah. And Distt. Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. ... Applicant versus 1 - Laxmi Prasad S/o Late Shri Dwarika Prasad Tiwari Aged About 42 Years R/o Imalibhatha (Bandhwapara), Bilaspur, P.S. Sarkanda, Tah. And Distt. Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. 2 - Krishna Kumar Tiwari S/o Laxmi Prasad Tiwari Aged About 14 Years Minor Through His Father Laxmi Prasad Tiwari (Res. No. 1), R/o Imalibhatha (Bandhwapara), Bilaspur, P.S. Sarkanda, Tah. And Distt. Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. 3 - Vitthal Yadav S/o Shri Santosh Yadav Aged About 22 Years R/o Bandhwapara Sarkanda, Distt. Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. (Driver) 4 - Abhilash Manikpuri D/o Shri Suresh Manikpuri R/o Village Sukulpuri, Tah. Masturi, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. (Owner) ... Respondent(s) (Cause title as taken from Case Information System) For Applicant : Mr. Dashrath Gupta, Advocate For Respondents : None (Hon’ble Shri Justice Naresh Kumar Chandravanshi) RAVI SHANKAR MANDAVI Digitally signed by RAVI SHANKAR MANDAVI Date: 2025.11.14 17:52:16 +0530 2 Order on Board 14/11/2025 1. Heard on M.C.C., application for restoration of MAC No.1541/2016, which was dismissed vide order dated 23.09.2025 for want of prosecution. 2. Learned counsel for the applicant would submit that on 23.09.2025, counsel appearing for the applicant was engaged in another Court, thus, he could not appear when the case was taken up for hearing, therefore, the same was dismissed for want of prosecution. Hence, the said mistake was bonafide and the applicant wants to contest the case on merits, thus the instant MCC may be allowed. 3. On due consideration and for the reasons mentioned in the restoration application, instant MCC is hereby allowed. 4. Accordingly, the Registry is directed to restore MAC No.1541/2016, (National Insurance Company Limited vs. Laxmi Prasad and Others) in its original number. Sd/- (Naresh Kumar Chandravanshi) Judge Ravi Mandavi