1999 INSC 0757
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

Jagdish Prasad Pandey

Vs.
Darshan Singh

C.A.Nos.5680-81 of 1999

                                         (D.P.Wadhwa and R.P.Sethi JJ.)

24.09.1999

                                                       ORDER

The Text below is only a summarized version of the order pronounced

Appellant leg amputated due to injuries suffered in motor accident. Tribunal awarded compensation
which was reduced by High Court. Whether insurance company was entitled to file an appeal
against award of Tribunal. Insurance company when impleaded can contest proceedings on merits
only if conditions precedent mentioned in Section 149 (2) was satisfied. Insurance company had to
obtain Order in writing from Tribunal otherwise it cannot have wider defense on merits than what is
available to it by way of statutory defense.