PATNA, India, Feb. 24 -- Patna High Court issued the following judgment on Feb. 21:
1.These batch of writ petitions were filed initially for declaration of Bihar Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Tribunal (Constitution And Service Condition) Rules, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as the "rules 2023") to be bad in law, arbitrary, beyond jurisdiction and ultra vires the provisions contained in section 166 (2) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (hereinafter referred to as "MV Act, 1988") on various grounds but primarily on the issue of lessening the number of Tribunals for the purpose and for not providing for the correct procedure filing of claim petitions, in sync with the provisions contained in Secion166 (2) of MV Act, 1988 of filing the claim pet...