(1.) This is claimant's appeal against the dismissal of his claim petition by the Additional Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Baikunthpur (Korea) in Claim Case No. 52/2003 vide award dated 17-2-2005. Facts necessary for disposal of this appeal are as under:--
(2.) I have heard learned Counsel for the parties arid perused the record of the Tribunal.
(3.) Under the Act, there is no provision making the filing of FIR compulsory before filing a claim petition.