- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:10230 WP No. 18429 of 2025 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. 18429 OF 2025 (GM-AC) BETWEEN: NEW INDIA ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED COMPANY IS REGISTERED UNDER COMPANIES ACT 1956 SHOP NO.2951, 2ND FLOOR, OPPOSITE APOORVA RESTAURANT, JHANSI RANILAKSHMI BAI ROAD, CHAMUNDIPURAM, MYSORE-570004 THROUGH ITS REGIONAL OFFICE, MAHALAKSHMI CHAMBERS, II FLOOR, NO.9, M.G. ROAD, BENGALURU-560001 REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGER …PETITIONER (BY SRI. ANUP SEETHARAM RAO., ADVOCATE) AND: 1. SRI YOGESHA K C AGED ABOUT 39 YEARS, S/O GOVINDA GOWDA, R/AT KOMALAPURA VILLAGE, BETTADAPURA HOBALI, PERIYAPATNA TALUK, Digitally signed by VANAMALA N Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:10230 WP No. 18429 of 2025 MYSORE DISTRICT - 570 004 2. MADAPALLI ABDULLA AGED ABOUT 47 YEARS, S/O ESUPPU, R/AT KUNJILAN, KAKKABBE POST, MADIKERI TALUK, KODAGU DISTRICT. …RESPONDENTS (R-2 IS SERVED) THIS W.P. IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO QUASH THE ORDER DATED 25-01-2025 PASSED BY THE SENIOR CIVIL JUDGE AT PERIYAPATANA IN MVC. NO.1232/2023 AT ANNEXURE-E ON APPLICATION UNDER ORDER VII RULE 11(D) READ WITH SECTION 166(3) OF M.V. ACT 2019 AT ANNEXURE -C AND ETC. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE B M SHYAM PRASAD - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:10230 WP No. 18429 of 2025 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.1232/2023 on the file of the Senior Civil Judge at Periyapatna [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 25.01.2025, 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 matters. It remains undisputed that the Apex Court - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:10230 WP No. 18429 of 2025 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:10230 WP No. 18429 of 2025 The petition stands disposed of accordingly. SD/- (B M SHYAM PRASAD) JUDGE NV List No.: 4 Sl No.: 67