Oriental Insurance Company Ltd. Thru. Manager Deputy Manager Hub Vikas Deep Building Lko. v. Smt. Geeta Devi and 7 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
FAO No.171 of 2025, Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench, decided 25.04.2025 by Hon'ble Abdul Moin, J.; appellant Oriental Insurance Company Ltd. represented by Subhash Chandra Gulati; respondent Smt. Geeta Devi & 7 others (respondent No.1 represented by Rakesh Kumar Sharma); concerns impugned award dated 11.12.2024 of Motor Accident Claim Tribunal (South), Lucknow in MACP No.10 of 2001 (Geeta Devi & Ors v. Rakesh Kumar Pandey & Ors); compensation Rs.9,26,800/- with 50% insurer liability; appeal admitted; trial court record summoned; notice to respondents 2 to 8; conditional stay of execution proceedings against insurer on deposit of awarded share with interest within four weeks; deposited sum in one-year fixed deposit with automatic renewal.
What did the court decide?
Interim relief at the admission stage: conditional stay of further proceedings arising out of the impugned award dated 11.12.2024 of the Motor Accident Claim Tribunal (South), Lucknow, so far as they pertain to the appellant-Insurance Company, subject to deposit of its awarded share with interest before the Court within four weeks; the deposited amount to be kept in fixed deposit for one year with automatic renewal. Appeal admitted, trial court record summoned, notice issued to respondent Nos. 2 to 8.