u/s 166 of motor vehicle act

Querist : Anonymous (Querist) 21 September 2010 This query is : Resolved
a three wheeler was going to a village and a maruti car came from the opposite side and hit the three wheeler. There were four persons in the three wheeler which were injured due to this accident.The three wheeler was driven by the registered owner and the three wheeler was insured with the insurance company but he had not valid driving licence and maruti car was driven by the driver which was apprehended by the police in the criminal case.maruti car was not insured. please help me in this case which is necessary party on which i have filed claim petition?

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Parthasarathi Loganathan (Expert) 21 September 2010
Claim petition to be filed on behalf of three wheeler or Maruti Car. Please elaborate your query. However, in case application is filed on behalf of the injured (may be on either sides) MV Act clearly stipulates that compensation can be claimed

a) by the person who has sustained the injury; or

(b) by the owner of the property; or

(c) where death has resulted from the accident, by all or any of the legal representatives of the deceased; or

(d) by any agent duly authorised by the person injured or all or any of the legal representatives of the deceased, as the case may be: