Motor Vehicles Act, 1988–Sec. 166(3)–Filing of claim petition after a period of more than 28 years of accident–Maintainability of claim petition–Claim raised before the Motor Accident Tribunal can be considered to be genuine, so long as it is a live and survived claim–Justification indicated by respondents that they are poor persons and they have no knowledge about the law–Explanation cannot be accepted–Dead claim–Held, claim raised by respondents is declared a non-surviving claim.


