• Amit Nag

The Law Commission in its 119th Report had recommended that every application for a claim be made to the Claims Tribunal having jurisdiction over the area in which the accident occurred or to the Claims Tribunal within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the claimant resides or carries on business or within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the defendant resides, at the option of the claimant. The bill also makes necessary provision to give effect to the said recommendation. Therefore, the proposed legislation has been prepared in the light of the above background. A new forum, i.e. Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, which substitutes Civil Court, has been created by the Motor Vehicles Act, for cheaper and speedier remedy to the victims of accident of motor vehicles. Prior to the Motor Vehicles Act, a suit for damages had to be filed with civil court, on payment of ad valorem court fee. But, under the provisions of this Act, an application claiming compensation can be made to the Claims Tribunal without payment of ad valorem fee. New provisions in Motor Vehicles Act, do not create any new liability, and the liability is still based on law of tort and enactments like the Fatal Accidents Act.

1)Compensation, 2)Victims, 3)Vehicles, 4)Accidents.

"MOTOR ACCIDENTS CLAIMS TRIBUNAL UNDER MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.393-399, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904560.pdf

"MOTOR ACCIDENTS CLAIMS TRIBUNAL UNDER MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp393-399, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904560.pdf