https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168236 Section 166(2) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 gives a claimant a wide choice of forum in motor accident claims: the Tribunal may be approached where the accident occurred, where the claimant resides or carries on business, or where the defendant resides. The provision is to be applied as part of a special statute and not read narrowly like ordinary civil-court jurisdiction. The text also applies the section 21 CPC principle that an objection to territorial jurisdiction should not succeed on appeal unless prejudice or failure of justice is shown. Where the claim has been tried on merits and no such prejudice is established, territorial-jurisdiction objections do not justify reversal. en-us Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 02 Nov 2015 10:35:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168236 Section 166(2) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 gives a claimant a wide choice of forum in motor accident claims: the Tribunal may be approached where the accident occurred, where the claimant resides or carries on business, or where the defendant resides. The provision is to be applied as part of a special statute and not read narrowly like ordinary civil-court jurisdiction. The text also applies the section 21 CPC principle that an objection to territorial jurisdiction should not succeed on appeal unless prejudice or failure of justice is shown. Where the claim has been tried on merits and no such prejudice is established, territorial-jurisdiction objections do not justify reversal. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168236