Supreme Court recommends establishment of Motor Vehicle Appellate Tribunals citing pendency in High Courts

Towards that end, a Bench of Justices Abdul Nazeer and Krishna Murari suggested amending Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act which currently provides for appeal against MACTs to be filed before High Courts.

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The Supreme Court on Monday called for setting up Motor Vehicle Appellate Tribunals to hear appeals from Motor Accidents Claims Tribunals (MACT) in view of the high pendency of appeals before High Courts against orders of MACTs [Rasmita Biswal & Ors vs Divisional Manager, National Insurance Company Ltd & Anr]

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