Jammu and Kashmir High Court
RFA/26/2024 of FESSAL IQBAL TH.MOHD IQBAL Vs BAJAJ ALLIANZ INSURANCE CO. LTD. AND OTHER on 14 September 2026
OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT JAMMU RFA No. 26/2024 Fessal Iqbal .....Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) Through :- Mr. Vipan Sharma, Advocate v/s Bajaj Allianz Insurance Co. Ltd and others .....Respondent(s) Through :- Mr. Baldev Singh, Advocate CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE MOKSHA KHAJURIA
HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH
AT JAMMU
RFA No. 26/2024
Fessal Iqbal
.....Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s)
Through :- Mr. Vipan Sharma, Advocate
v/s
Bajaj Allianz Insurance
Co. Ltd and others
.....Respondent(s)
Through :- Mr. Baldev Singh, Advocate
CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE MOKSHA KHAJURIA KAZMI, JUDGE
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ORDER
14.09.2026
1. The appellant had filed the claim petition for grant of compensation against respondent No. 1 & 2 on account of injuries suffered by him in RTA that took place on 16.05.2022.
2. Learned Additional District Judge, Anti-corruption, Jammu Motor Accidental Claims Tribunal (for Short “the Tribunal) dismissed the claim petition on account of being by time barred. The appellant has come up with this appeal in terms of order dated 14.03.2024.
3. Learned counsel for the appellant submits that the Hon’ble Supreme Court in “ICICI Lombard General Insurance Co. Ltd. vs. Ayiti Navaneetha and others” has directed the Tribunals as well as High Courts not to dismiss the claim petition on account of being time barred.
4. In view of the above, the present appeal is allowed and the order impugned is set aside. The matter is remitted to the learned Tribunal for Sr. No. 62
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its disposal in accordance with law. Any order passed by the learned Tribunal shall remain subject to outcome of the decisions in SLP.
5. Record, if received in original, be sent back forthwith.
(Moksha Khajuria Kazmi) Judge
JAMMU 14.09.2026 Rahul Sharma