(1.) This Special Full Bench is constituted by the Order of Hon'ble the Chief Justice dated 01.07.2015 to decide an important question of law raised by the learned Single Judge
(2.) At the outset, it is necessary to extract the order of reference dated 18.04.2013 as under:
(3.) The order of reference revolves on the interpretation of Section 149 read with section 147 of the Motor Vehicles act, 1988 (hereinafter referred to as the 'Act' for the sake of brevity) as well as correctness or otherwise of the judgment of the Division Bench of this Court in the case of Oriental Insurance Company Ltd., Vs. K.C. Subramanyam, 2012 ILR(Kar) 5241 (Subramanyam).