# SAFIQ AHMAD v. ICICI LOMBARD GENERAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. & OTHERS

- **Citation:** [2021] 9 S.C.R. 560
- **Court:** Supreme Court of India
- **Decided:** 2021-12-16
- **Case number:** Civil Revision No.49 of 2015
- **Bench:** M. R. Shah, Sanjiv Khanna
- **Source:** https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/supreme-court-of-india/safiq-ahmad-v-icici-lombard-general-insurance-co-ltd-others-35322
- **Pages:** 13

## Headnote

Compensation - Filing of fake claim petitions for getting
compensation under the Motor Vehicles Act as well as under the
Workmen Compensation Act - How to curb the menace - Before
any further directions are issued, the Ministry of Transport,
Government of India to give suggestions for remedial and preventive
measures - Direction issued to implead Ministry of Transport,
Government of India as a party-respondent - Workmen
Compensation Act - Motor Vehicles Act.

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SAFIQ AHMAD
v.
ICICI LOMBARD GENERAL INSURANCE CO. LTD.
& OTHERS
(Special Leave Petition (Civil) No. 1110 of 2017)
DECEMBER 16, 2021
[M. R. SHAH AND SANJIV KHANNA, JJ.]
Compensation - Filing of fake claim petitions for getting
compensation under the Motor Vehicles Act as well as under the
Workmen Compensation Act - How to curb the menace - Before
any further directions are issued, the Ministry of Transport,
Government of India to give suggestions for remedial and preventive
measures - Direction issued to implead Ministry of Transport,
Government of India as a party-respondent - Workmen
Compensation Act - Motor Vehicles Act.
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION : Special Leave Petition
(Civil) No.1110 of 2017.
From the Judgment and Order dated 07.10.2015 of the High Court
of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench, Lucknow in Civil Revision
No.49 of 2015.
Deepak Thukral, Dy. AG, K. M. Nataraj, Jayant Sud, ASGs, Atul
Nanda, Ms. Rachana Srivastava, Arvind Verma, Aman Sinha, K. L.
Janjani, K. J. Janjani, Sr. Advs., Siddharth, Amit Kumar Agarwal, Anjani
Kumar Mishra, Ms. Hardeep Kaur Mishra, Praveen Kumar Mishra,
Rajesh Sen, Dr. Pratyush Nandan, Raghavendra S. Srivatsa, Arjun Garg,
Aakash Nandolia, Ms. Sagun Srivastava, Navneet Kumar, Ajit Pravin
Wagh, Mohit Singh, Parijat Kishore, Suvendu Suvasis Dash, Md. Apzal
Ansari, V. N. Raghupathy, Sanjai Kumar Pathak, Ms. Shashi Pathak,
Ms. Mohini Chaubey, Annam D. N. Rao, Annam Venkatesh, Rahul
Mishra, Ms. Ananya Khandelwal, Ms. Agrimaa Singh, Shiv Shankar, T.
R. B. Sivakumar, Nikhil Goel, Abhinav Mukerji, Mrs. Bihu Sharma,
Akshay C. Shrivastav, Ms. Pratishtha Vij, Sudhir Naagar, Ms. Ruchi
Kohli, B. Krishna Prasad, Ms. Radhika Gautam, Praveen Agrawal, T.
G. Narayanan Nair, Ms. Priya Balakrishnan, Devendra Singh, Vishwajit
S. Kamble, Hitesh Kumar Sharma, S. K. Rajora, Akhileswar Jha, Sunil
Mare, Naresh K. Sharma, Ardhendumauli Kumar Prasad, Anil K. Jha,
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Sibo Sankar Mishra, Chanchal Kumar Ganguli, Avneesh Arputham, Ms.
Anuradha Arputham for M/s Arputham Aruna and Co., K. S. Mahadevan,
Ms. Swati Bansal, Rajesh Kumar, Ambhoj Kumar Sinha, Bharat
Barowaria, Vishnu Mehra, Ms. Manjeet Chawla, Anant Mehrotra,
Sandeep Sudhakar Deshmukh, Mukesh K. Giri, Sahil Tagotra, Mrs.
Swarupma Chaturvedi, Ms. Sakshi Kakkar, Ms. Samridhi Sharma, Shakti
Singh, Samar Vijay Singh, Vipin Singh Bansal, Ms. Ranjeeta Rohatgi,
Shakil Ahmad Syed, Pradeep Misra, Abhimanyu Tewari, Ms. Eliza Bar,
Siddhesh Kotwal, Ms. Ana Upadhyay, Ms. Manya Hasija, Ms. Pragya
Barsaiyan, Akash Singh, Nirnimesh Dube, Ms. Uttara Babbar, Manan
Bansal, Anmol Chandan, Deepabali Dutta, Deep Shikha Bharti, Rajesh
Singh Chauhan, Gurmeet Singh Makker, Aravindh S., Ms. C. Rubavathi,
Gautam Sharma, Dr. Monika Gusain, Narendra Kumar, Raghavendra
Kr., Anand Kr. Dubey, C. K. Sasi, Abdulla Naseeh V. T., Meena K. P.,
M/s Parekh & Co., D. Kumanan, Sheikh Fakhruddin Kalia, Ms. Astha
Sharma, Anant Vijay Palli, Nikhil Palli, Deepak Goel, Amrish Kumar,
Suhan Mukerji, Vishal Prasad, Nikhil Parikshith, Sayandeep Pahari for
M/s PLR Chambers & Co., Kunal Chatterji, Ms. Maitrayee Banrejee,
Rohit Bansal, Jayant Mohan, Sunny Choudhary, Sandeep Sharma, Mrs.
K. Enatoli Sema, Amit Kumar Singh, Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Avijit Mani
Tripathi, T. K. Nayak, K. V. Kharlynydoh, Shirish Mehrotra, Ms. Prashanti
Singh, Atul, Sanpreet Ajmani, Bably Singh, Ms. Manju Jetley, Mrs. G.
Indira, Ms. Habilila Nana, Advs. for the appearing Parties.
The following Order of the Court was passed :
ORDER
1. The issue is with respect to filing of fake claim petitions for
getting compensation under the Motor Vehicles Act as well as under the
Workmen Compensation Act.
2. Pursuant to our earlier order dated 05.10.2021, the Special
Investigating Team (SIT) has filed a Status Report with respect to
complaints filed/enquiry completed, the names of the accused, where
the criminal complaints are filed and in which criminal cases the charge
sheets have been filed. A separate sheet containing the names of
advocates against whom the prima facie cases of cognizable offences
have been found, is also filed in a separate sealed cover. It is stated in
the Status Report that total 1376 cases of suspicious claims from various
Districts in the State of U.P. have been received so far by the SIT. That
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the year-wise detail of 1376 cases received in various years thereof is
as under:
3. It is reported that out of total 1376 cases of suspicious claims
received by the SIT, after completing enquiry of 247 cases of suspicious
claims till date, total 198 accused persons have been prima facie found
guilty of cognizable offence and accordingly total 92 criminal cases have
been registered in various districts. It is stated in the Status Report that
against some of the accused persons, more than 1 criminal cases have
been registered. It is stated that enquiry of remaining cases of suspicious
claims is underway.
3.1 It is further stated that out of total criminal cases registered so
far, investigation of 36 criminal cases have been completed and charge
sheets against accused persons have been filed in 32 criminal cases and
final reports in 4 criminal cases have been forwarded to the concerned
Criminal Court.
3.2 It is further stated that total 92 criminal cases in various Districts
have been registered till date, of which, 28 advocates have been named
as accused persons in 55 cases. Charge sheets against 11 advocates in
25 cases have been forwarded to the concerned trial Court till date.
3.3 It is further stated in the Status Report that Headquarter of
the SIT is situated in Lucknow. Officers/employees have to go in the
districts of the entire State and sometimes have to go in other States
outside the State of Uttar Pradesh for conducting enquiry/investigation
proceedings as and when so warranted. It is stated that due to the outbreak
of Covid-19, there was a lockdown and termination of transportation
services in the State and even some of the officers/employees have
been got infected, enquiry/investigation process was adversely affected.
It is stated that on getting the situation normal after completion of
lockdown of Corona period, full attempts are being made to start this
enquiry/investigation process speedily.
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3.4 Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the SIT has also
submitted that as the respective insurance companies are not ready to
being complainants in the FIR, the investigating officer of the SIT has to
become the complainant and therefore also it takes some time. It is
reported that the investigating officer is also present in the Court.
4. We impress upon the investigating officer of the SIT to expedite
the enquiry/investigation with respect to complaints already received
from various insurance companies with respect to suspicious fake claims.
We also call upon the SIT to file a further affidavit pointing out in how
many cases the charge sheets have been filed; when the charge sheets
have been filed (the date of filing of the charge sheets), in which Courts
the charge sheets have been filed and in how many cases the charges
have been framed by the concerned Magisterial Court.
5. A response affidavit has been filed on behalf of the Bar Council
of Uttar Pradesh dated 05.12.2021 affirmed by an Advocate and the
Member Secretary of the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh. It is stated in
the response affidavit that the Chairman and the Member Secretary of
the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh have assumed their office after being
elected on 06.07.2021. The Chairman and the Member Secretary of the
Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh have tendered unqualified and
unconditionally apology for any act/s or omission/s on their part, which is
neither deliberate nor intentional.
5.1 It is stated that the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh also ensures
that the errant advocates who are indulged in such activities of filing
fake claim cases, in an unethical manner, may not be left scot-free and
shall be dealt with appropriately in accordance with law. It is stated that
the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh is duty bound to take action against
the errant advocates in accordance with law and it shall adhere with the
directions of this Court in letter and spirit and will also ensure to conclude
the disciplinary proceedings in the specified time period.
5.2 In the response affidavit, it is stated that pursuant to the earlier
directions issued by this Court, directing the Bar Council of India and the
Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh to file a detailed report and steps taken,
the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh has taken the following actions:
i) Vide letter dated 22.09.2021, it called upon the Workmen
Compensation Commissioner, Uttar Pradesh and the General
Manager, ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Ltd. to
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provide the details and copy of the complaint. However, till
29.09.2021 no response was received.
ii) Subsequent thereto, the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh again
sent a reminder letter on 29.09.2021 to the Workmen Compensation
Commissioner, Uttar Pradesh and the General Manager, ICICI
Lombard General Insurance Company Ltd.
iii) the Office Superintendent of the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh
was also called upon to submit its report about the action taken
pursuant to the earlier directions issued by this Court. However,
no satisfactory response was furnished. Some complaints
pertaining to the year 2013 were supplied. It was further reported
that as per the office report, ICICI Lombard General Insurance
Company Ltd. has not sent any complaint under the Advocates'
Act as such an appropriate action could be taken upon receipt of
such complaint. Furthermore, the Secretary of the Bar Council
was called upon to provide the details of the advocates alleged to
have been involved into such unethical practice, along with their
names, enrolment number and addresses, so that appropriate
proceedings can be drawn against the errant advocates in
compliance of the directions issued by this Court.
a) The Bar Council of India vide its letter dated 22.11.2021
suspended 28 (twenty-eight) Advocates and the 'Bar Council of
Uttar Pradesh' was directed to conclude the disciplinary
proceedings against them within a specified period of 3 (three)
months.
b) Pursuant to that, an emergent meeting of General House of the
Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh was called on 27.11.2021 and
Disciplinary Committees were also constituted on the same day.
c) That on the next day, i.e., 28.11.2021, the Chairman of the Bar
Council of Uttar Pradesh, allocated that said cases to the
Disciplinary Committees and consequently the said Disciplinary
Committees issued notice issue to the errant 27 (twenty-seven)
advocates, fixing therein next date of hearing on 08.12.2021. It
may be clarified here that 1 (one) advocate namely Jai Singh has
already been passed away/died.
6. We appreciate the steps taken by the Bar Council of Uttar
Pradesh, taken on or after 22.09.2021, which shall ensure to maintain
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the purity of the legal profession in the State of Uttar Pradesh. We also
impress upon the Bar Council of India/Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh to
conclude the disciplinary proceedings in accordance with law as early
as possible.
7. We have also heard at length Shri Atul Nanda, learned Senior
Advocate and Shri Vishnu Mehra, learned Advocate appearing on behalf
of the two insurance companies and learned counsel appearing on behalf
of the State of Uttar Pradesh/SIT on the modus operandi of the advocates
for filing fake cases under Motor Vehicles Act and Workmen
Compensation Act. Separate notes have been filed pointing out the modus
operandi in instituting the fake compensation petitions. Some of the modus
operandi adopted are as under:
i)
Non-road accident injury-death converted into road accident
claims;
ii)
fraudulent implantation of vehicle;
iii)
false implantation of driver;
iv)
claimant implantation;
v)
multiple claims at various for a at different territorial
locations for compensation out of injury/death caused arising
out of the same accident. Often the claim applications are
filed both before various MACT Tribunals as well as the
authorities under the Employees Compensation Act, 1923;
vi)
fake/fabricated insurance policies; and
vii)
fake/fabricated income documents/medical documents for
exaggerated compensation
7.1 Investigating Officer of SIT has also filed a short note on
modus operandi in instituting fake compensation petitions, which are based
on rich experience during investigation/enquiry of the Criminal Cases/
FIRs/Complaints, which are as under:
1. CASES OF HIT AND RUN

Such road accidents which are occurred from unknown
vehicles, alleged eyewitnesses are prepared therein, on the
basis of their affidavit/statements, facts are brought in the
light showing accident committed by some other insured
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vehicle and petition is instituted against owner/driver/
insurance company of the aforementioned vehicle.

In the cases of such road accident which have been
committed by unknown vehicles, for the purpose of
institution of the compensation petitions, in a well designed
planning, documents related to vehicle/driver are obtained
from some advocates and documents of such vehicles/driver
used in some other compensation petitions/cases are used
in institution of false petitions.

Such road accidents which are occurred from some unknown
vehicles, in that accidents are shown to have been
committed by such vehicles which are old and their vehicle
owners remain first registered owners. Advocates purchase
such aforementioned vehicles as old vehicles, they do not
get such vehicles registered in their own names whereas
the actual/registered owners of those vehicles have already
died. Despite of death of original owner, fake General Power
of Attorneys are executed/prepared in the names of such
deceased vehicle owners through their companions
advocates. Aforementioned vehicles are shown in such road
accident, which were occurred from unknown vehicles.
Aforementioned vehicles have been shown in accident in
many such cases and compensations petitions have been
instituted.

In the cases of such road accidents wherein First
Information Reports are registered against unknown
vehicles and when those unknown vehicles are not traced
and local Investigating Officers submit their Final Report in
the cases before the Hon'ble Courts. In such accidents if a
person has died while travelling in those vehicles and second
person has injured, then holding that injured person himself
to be driver of the aforementioned vehicle, showing his
negligence, by impleading as opposite party to the insurance
company of his own vehicle for receiving compensation,
compensation petitions are also filed for receiving amount
of compensation.
2. CASES OF KNOWN VEHICLES WITHOUT INSURANCE.
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If road accident is occurred with known vehicle and not
insured at that time, in connivance with owner or driver of
other insured vehicle in place of that vehicle, compensation
petitions are instituted by showing aforementioned road
accident of the said insured vehicle.
3. CASES OF FICTIONAL ACCIDENT AND FALSE
PETITIONS

Such false compensation petitions have also come into light
wherein name and address of the petitioner could not be
ascertained and imaginary story is created on behalf of such
petitioner and false Claim petitions are instituted.
4. CASES RELATED TO CONNIVANCE OF VEHICLE
OWNER/VEHICLE DRIVER/ADVOCATE

For the purpose of earning illegal money, some actual vehicle
owners and actual drivers of vehicles in connivance with
advocates, submits registration certificates of their vehicles
and Driver Licences in the unknown motor accident cases
for filing fake petitions.
5. IMPLEADING NAME AND ADDRESS OF FAKE
PERSONS IN ACTUAL ACCIDENTS

Persons of fake names and addresses showing as drivers/
cleaners in place of actual and correct injured persons
(driver/cleaner) involved in the actual accident cases,
compensation petitions are instituted in the W.C.A. courts
by showing them injured in the aforementioned accidents.
6. CASES RELATED TO HANDICAPPED/ DECEASED
PERSONS DUE TO OTHER REASONS

During course of enquiry/investigation, such fake
compensation petitions have also come into light wherein
petitioner has become handicapped due to some other reason
(like chopping off hand from thrasher machine), and second
copy of fake handicapped certificates of their being
disabled/ handicapped obtained again showing date of
accident after date of fake accident and fake compensation
petitions have also been instituted.
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Despite not being injured in the road accidents, after death
or injured for any other reasons, his family members or he
himself showing him or that person to be the driver/cleaner/
labourer who died or injured, compensation petitions are
instituted in fake manner.
7. CASES RELATED TO FILING SAME CASE IN MORE
THAN ONE COURTS

In one road accident, wherein a person has died or injured,
his family members or he himself submits compensation
petition in the M.A.C.T. court related to aforementioned
road accident. If decision of the court is not in his favour,
then the same petitioner changes the story and again submits
his petition before the W.C.A. court (Workmen's
Compensation Act).

After institution of compensation related to a road accident
in a court and after receiving its compensation amount, again
same accident is shown with other vehicle which is insured
with other insurance company and second Claim petition is
instituted in the W.C.A. court of any other district for
receiving compensation amount again.
8. CASES RELATED TO AFFIXING PHOTOGRAPH OF A
SAME PERSON IN THE COMPENSATION AMOUNT
CHEQUE DISTRIBUTION REGISTER IN MORE THAN
ONE PETITIONS

Some compensation petitions were instituted in the W.C.A.
court in the names of different persons. After judgement of
the aforementioned court, photograph of the same person
is affixed in more than one case/petition, on the Cheque
Distribution Register for receiving cheque related to
compensation amount and compensation amount was
received and thereafter, entire aforementioned amount was
got transferred by the concerned advocate in his own bank
account or in the bank accounts of his family members.
9. CASES TO GET THE PETITIONS DISMISSED AFTER
TRANSFER OF FAVOURING DEPUTY LABOUR
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COMMISSIONER, RE-SUBMITTING THE PETITIONS AT
HIS NEWLY POSTED PLACE

During investigation/enquiry of the compensation petitions,
it is also found that petitions related to occurrence of
accidents instituted in the W.C.A. court of concerned
District. When Deputy Labour Commissioner of W.C.A.
court of aforementioned District transferred to some other
district, then some advocates of aforementioned district get
their compensation petitions dismissed, and thereafter they
instituted new petitions again in aforementioned district
where the then Deputy Labour Commissioner was
transferred by showing fake address in the petitions.
10. INSTITUTION OF PETITIONS IN OTHER DISTRICT
INSTEAD OF INSTITUTING PETITIONS IN THE DISTRICT
OF ACCIDENT SPOT/PLACE

During investigation/enquiry of the compensation petitions,
it is also found that some compensation petitions were not
instituted in the court of district of place/spot of accident,
rather they were instituted in the court of other district by
mentioning only temporary address instead of mentioning
original address of the petitioner. It is also pertinent to mention
here that this temporary address also remains incomplete.
11. CASES RELATED TO FAKE VAKALATNAMA

During investigation/enquiry of the compensation petitions
related to road accidents, this fact has also come into light
that actual/main advocate who has filed the claim petition,
does not submit his own Vakalatnama in the concerned court,
he submits Vakalatnama on behalf of such Advocate, who
does not file the compensation petitions by mentioning his
mobile number on the compensation petitions.

During investigation/enquiry of the compensation petitions
related to road accidents, this fact has also come into light
that advocate who has submitted compensation petition in
the concerned court, he mentioned name of such fake person
in place of name of Advocate, whose whereabouts could
not be ascertained. Whereas such case was pursued by
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the advocate who submitted this petition in camouflage
manner.
7.2 Shri Atul Nanda and Shri Vishnu Mehra, learned counsel
appearing on behalf of the two insurance companies have submitted
that despite various directions issued by this Court as well as the various
High Courts, there is non-adherence to the provisions of Section 158(6)
(pre 2019 amendment) and Section 159 (post 2019 amendment) of the
Motor Vehicles Act. Reliance is placed on the decisions of this Court in
the cases of General Insurance Council v. State of Andhra Pradesh,
reported in (2007) 12 SCC 354; General Insurance Council v. State
of Andhra Pradesh, reported in (2010) 6 SCC 768; Jai Prakash v.
National Insurance Company Ltd., reported in (2010) 2 SCC 607
and recent decision of this Court dated 16.03.2021 passed in Writ Petition
(Civil) No. 534/2020, reported in 2021 SCC OnLine SC 418. It is submitted
that this Court in its order dated 16.03.2021 passed in Writ Petition (Civil)
No. 534/2020 has issued the following directions:
A. Accident Information ReportThe jurisdictional police station shall report the accident under
Section 158(6) of the Act (Section 159 post 2019 amendment)
(hereinatfer "the report") to the tribunal and insurer within first
48 hours either over email or a dedicated website.
B. Detailed Accident ReportPolice shall collect the documents relevant to the accident and for
computation of compensation and shall verify the information and
documents. These documents shall form part of the Report. It
shall email the Report to the tribunal and the insurer within three
months. Similarly, the claimants may also be permitted to email
the application for compensation with supporting documents, under
Section 166 to the tribunal and the insurer within the same time.
C. The tribunal shall issue summons along with the Report or the
application for compensation, as the case may be, to the insurer
by email.
D. The insurer shall email their offer for settlement/response to
the Report or the application for claim to the tribunal along with
proof of service on the claimants.
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E. After passing the award, the tribunal shall email an authenticated
copy of the award to the insurer.
F. The insurer shall satisfy the award by depositing the awarded
amount into a bank account maintained by the tribunal by RTGS
or NEFT. For this purpose, the tribunal shall maintain a bank
account and record the relevant account details along with the
directions for payment to the insurer in the award itself.
G. Each tribunal shall create an email ID peculiar to its jurisdiction
for receiving the emails from the police and the insurer as mentioned
above. Similarly, all insurer throughout India shall also create an
email ID peculiar to the jurisdiction of each claim tribunal. These
email IDs would be prominently displayed at tribunal, the police
stations and the office of the insurers for the benefit of the
claimants. Similarly, these email IDS shall also be prominently
displayed on the website maintained by the tribunal and the insurer.
H. Insurers shall appoint nodal officers for each tribunal and
provide their contact details, phone and mobile phone numbers,
and email address to Director Generals of State Police and the
tribunals.
7.3 Shri Atul Nanda, learned senior counsel appearing on behalf
of Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company Limited has also made two
suggestions in its note. He has submitted that if the earlier directions
issued by this Court in the aforesaid decisions are implemented fully and
in letter and spirit and Section 159 of the Motor Vehicles Act is complied
with by all the Police Officers pan India and the accident information
report as contemplated under Section 159 (post 2019 amendment) is out
on the Government Portal - National Register of vehicle registration
known as "VAHAN" AND "SAARTHI", in that case, it can solve the
problem of filing more than one claims in different States with respect to
the same accident. It is submitted that the Transport Authorities under
the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 is maintaining a National Register of vehicle
registration known as "VAHAN" AND "SAARTHI". It is submitted
that this has rendered the issuance and verification of the driving licenses
and registration of vehicles, transparent and hassle free. It is submitted
that these existing databases can be rendered useful for the purposes of
adjudication of claims also if they can be expanded to include details of
the accidents and drivers. It is submitted that if the "VAHAN" portal is
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modified to allow and the police officials who is investigating the accident
in question is required to mandatorily endorse an entry of the accident
against such portal with an automatic intimation on the registered mobile
of the owner, it will be very useful in preventing the submission of such
fake claims.
7.4 It is further submitted by Shri Atul Nanda, learned senior
counsel that SITs are required to be constituted in each of the States. It
is submitted that only in the States of UP, Rajasthan and Gujarat, the SIT
is existing. It is therefore prayed that the respective State Governments
may be directed to constitute SIT with respect to complaints of suspicious
fake claims/petitions which may be headed by an officer not below the
rank of Additional Director General of Police, with adequate infrastructure
and human resource.
8. Having heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the
respective insurance companies and the learned counsel appearing on
behalf of the State of UP/SIT and the suggestions made, we are of the
opinion that before any further directions are issued, we may have the
response from the Ministry of Transport, Government of India to have
their suggestions for remedial and preventive measures for curbing the
menace of filing of false/fraud claim petitions.
We accordingly direct the Registry to implead the Ministry of
Transport, Government of India as a party-respondent and issue notice.
We request Shri K.M. Nataraj, learned Additional Solicitor General of
India to appear on behalf of the Ministry of Transport, Government of
India and to assist the Court and to come out with suggestions how to
curb the menace of filing false/fake claim petitions. After getting the
response/suggestions, we may issue further directions to be applied pan
India.
Put up for further consideration on 25.01.2022.
Bibhuti Bhushan Bose
Directions issued.