Under which circumstances the claim Tribunal should treat FIR as claim petition in case of motor accident?

[Educator]

If they are read so, then it is no more the right of an accident victim to file a claim petition under Section 166 but it has bloomed into a full fledged duty on the part of the police. The police on investigation have to file an FAR (First Accident Report), IAR (Interim Accident Report) and DAR (Detailed Accident Report). As per Rule 18 of Annexure XIII, it has been mandatory on the Claims