GEETA DEVI & ORS.versusPURAN RAM RAIGAR & ANR.

                     [2010] 10 S.C.R. 969


                    GEETA DEVI & ORS.                               A
                               v.
                PURAN RAM RAIGAR & ANR.
               (Civil Appeal No. 7390 of 2010)

                    SEPTEMBER 6, 2010
                                                                    B
     [MARKANDEY KATJU AND T.S. THAKUR, JJ.]

     Code of Civil Procedure, 1908:

     s.100-A - No further appeal in certain cases - Appeal          c
against order of single Judge of High Court arising out of
award of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal - Maintainability of
- HELD: Division Bench of High Court rightly held that the
appeal would not lie in view of s. 100-A - However, dismissal
of the instant appeal by Supreme Court will not prevent the         0
appellants from filing an SLP directly against the judgment
of single Judge of the High Court, if so advised, subject to all
ju~t exception including limitation - Constitution of India, 1950
- Article 136 .

    CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION : Civil Appeal No.                 E
7390 of 2010.

      From the Judgment & Order dated 5.7.2007 of the High
Court of Judicature at Rajasthan at Jaipur Bench, Jaipur in D.B.
Civil Special Appeal No. 10 of 2007 in S.B. Civil Misc. Appeal      F
No. 2777 of 2003.

    Mukesh Sharma (for Rameshwar Prasad Goyal) for the
Appellants.

      A.K. De, R. Dwivedi (for Debasis Misra), Mohan Pandey         G
for the Respondents.

     The following Order of the Court was delivered


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     A                                    ORDER

                     Leave granted.

                     Heard learned counsel for the appearing parties.

     B           This Appeal has been filed against the judgment and order
             dated 05th July, 2007 passed by the Division Bench of the High
             Court of Rajasthan, Jaipur Bench, Jaipur in D.B.Civil Special
             Appeal No. 10 of 2007.

     C       In our opinion, the Division Bench of the High Court has
       rightly held that the appeal against the order of the learned
       Single Judge dated 07th August, 2006 did not lie in view of
       Section 100-A, CPC. The learned Single Judge had decided
       the Misc. Appeal No. 2777/2003 against the award of the Motor
     D Accident Claims Tribunal. In our opinion, this intra court appeal
       in the High Court was not maintainable in view of Section 100-
       A, CPC notwithstanding anything in the High Court Rules or the
       Letters Patent to the contrary. Hence, the appeal was rightly
       dismissed by the Division bench of the High Court and this
       appeal is, therefore, -2- dismissed. However, dismissal of this
     E appeal will not prevent the appellants from filing a S.L.P. directly
       against the judgment of the learned Single Judge dated 07th
       August, 2006 dismissing the Misc. Appeal arising out of the
       impugned award dated 20th September, 2003 passed by the
       Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Shahpura, District Jaipur in
     F Claim Petition No. 177/2002, if so advised and subject to all
       just exceptions including limitation. No costs.

iI       I   R.li\                                      Appeals dismissed.