Justice P N Prakash, in his order last week, granted the director general of police (DGP) three months' time to issue the circular.
He said that on the court's suggestion, N Vijayaraghavan, counsel for petitioner Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Company Limited, had agreed to assist the authorities to frame the circular for issuing it to IOs across the state for implementing the May 13, 2016 directions of the Supreme Court.
During the course of hearing, the petitioner brought to the court's notice the order of the Supreme Court, directing implementation of a procedure called DAR.
The judge took note of the apex court order and said it was for the DGP to issue the circular, directing the IOs to file DAR before the motor accident claims tribunals and the jurisdictional magistrates, along with the final report, to decide compensation under under Section 357(A) of CrPC, read with Tamil Nadu Victims Compensation Scheme.
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The system, among others, directs the police to immediately register an FIR when an accident occurs, identify the victim, the vehicle, its owner and driver, obtain relevant records, compile a comprehensive report of all details with all authenticated documents/records of the victim's claim.
They should then file it before the claims tribunal concerned to enable it issue notice to victims/claimants of motor accidents, owners, drivers and insurance companies or transport corporations and then expeditiously assess compensation on the basis of the collected evidence.
The judge after granting three months' time to the DGP to issue the circular, posted the matter to January 5, 2017 for reporting compliance.
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