- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:10194 WP No. 24130 of 2024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 19TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE B M SHYAM PRASAD WRIT PETITION NO. 24130 OF 2024 (GM-AC) BETWEEN: THE BRANCH MANAGER REP. BY SRI.G SURESHA HDFC ERGO, GIC LTD., BRANCH OFFICE, 1ST FLOOR NO. 10, RAXID MANSION, TEMPLE ROAD JAYALAKSHMIPURAM, MYSURU NOW REP. BY THE BRANCH MANAGER HDFC ERGO GIC LTD., BRANCH OFFICE GROUND FLOOR, ACR TOWER 32 RESIDENCY ROAD, ASHOK NAGAR BANGALORE, KARNATAKA - 560 025 (COMPANY REGISTERED UNDER COMPANIES ACT 1956) …PETITIONER (BY SRI. A N KRISHNA SWAMY., ADVOCATE) AND: 1. NANJUNDEGOWDA S/O VISHAKANTEGOWDA AGED ABOUT 75 YEARS ANTANAHALLI VILLAGE KASABA HOBLI, CHANNARAYAPATNA TALUK HASSAN DISTRICT - 573 116 Digitally signed by VANAMALA N Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:10194 WP No. 24130 of 2024 2. CHANDRAKALA W/O MANJEGOWDA AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS CHIKKAGAVANAHALLI VILLAGE KASABA HOBLI, BAICHANAHALLI POST CHANNARAYAPATNA TALUK HASSAN DISTRICT - 573 116 …RESPONDENTS THIS W.P. IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO QUASH THE ORDER AS PER ANNEX-E DATED 29.06.2024 PASSED BY IV ADDITIONAL DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE, SIT AT CHANNARAYAPATNA ON APPLICATION FILED UNDER ORDER VII RULE 11(D) READ WITH SECTION 151 OF CPC, READ WITH SECTION 166(3) OF MV (AMENDMENT) ACT 2019 IN MVC.NO.1144/2023 AND ALLOW THE APPLICATION FILED BY THE PETITIONER AS PER ANNEX-B AND HOLD THAT CLAIM PETITION AS PER ANNEX-A IS NOT MAINTAINABLE. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR FINAL HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE B M SHYAM PRASAD - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:10194 WP No. 24130 of 2024 ORAL ORDER This petition is by the Insurer who is called upon to answer a claim under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 [for short, 'the Act'] in the claim petition in MVC No.1144/2023 on the file of the IV Additional District and Sessions Judge, Channarayapatna [for short, 'the Tribunal']. The petitioner has filed an application under Order VII Rule 11[d] read with Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 contending that the claim petition cannot be entertained because it is filed beyond six months from the date of accident. The Tribunal, by the impugned order dated 29.06.2024, has rejected the petitioner’s application. The question: whether a claim petition filed beyond six months from the date of the accident can be entertained is pending with the Apex Court in SLP Nos.8412-8413/2023 and similar matters in the writ petition in WP [Civil] No. 166/2024 and connected - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:10194 WP No. 24130 of 2024 matters. It remains undisputed that the Apex Court by its interim order dated 16.12.2025 has observed that the pendency of the writ petitions/special leave petitions before it shall not come in the way of the claim petitions being adjudicated by the Tribunals but with the stipulation that judgments shall not be finalized. This Court is of the considered view that with the afore-stipulation, this petition must be disposed of observing that the Tribunal's impugned order will be subject to the outcome in the pending matters before the Apex Court. With this arrangement, the inquiry into the merits of the claim petition will continue, but the Tribunal will refrain from pronouncing its judgment and award so that the decision on the merit of the claim petition otherwise will be subject to the Apex Court’s decision on the afore question. - 5 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:10194 WP No. 24130 of 2024 The petition stands disposed of accordingly. SD/- (B M SHYAM PRASAD) JUDGE nv List No.: 4 Sl No.: 30