Baby Poojarthi vs R. Vinayak V. Shenoy — 763/2024

Summary: The Senior Civil Judge at Karkala allowed the application and condoned the delay of 1 year and 76 days in filing the motor vehicle compensation petition by Smt. Baby Poojarthi. The petitioner had sought compensation for injuries sustained in a road traffic accident, claiming the delay was due to false assurances from the auto-rickshaw driver that he would file the claim. The court applied the beneficial interpretation of the Motor Vehicles Act 2019, noting that since an FIR was lodged within six months of the accident (the statutory requirement), the petition could be entertained beyond the standard six-month limitation period for filing. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.