Akeel Ahmad and Another v. the New India Insurance Company Ltd. Thru. Divisional Manager Division Officer Sitapur and 7 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Interim order, Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench), Abdul Moin, J., dated 30.5.2025, First Appeal From Order No.- 234 of 2025, Akeel Ahmad And Another vs The New India Insurance Company Ltd. Sitapur. Keywords: admission of first appeal from order; summons of Trial court record; notice to respondents No.2 to 8; stay until further orders of Tribunal's direction giving insurer liberty to recover award amount from owner/driver of vehicle; parallel appeal FAO No.223 of 2025 for the same accident; order dated 27.05.2025; Supreme Court precedent Iffco Tokio General Insurance Co. Ltd. vs Geeta Devi & Ors : 2023 INSC 954; recovery from owner/driver; satisfaction of award not restrained; consensus at Bar; counsel Aman Kumar Shrivastav (appellants) and Zafar Aziz (respondents).
What did the court decide?
Appeal admitted ('Admit.'); Trial court record summoned; notices issued to respondents No.2 to 8 with steps to be taken within one week; and, until further orders, the direction of the learned Tribunal giving liberty to the Insurance Company to recover the amount from the owner/driver of the vehicle shall remain stayed, with express clarification that the order shall not be construed as restraining the Insurance Company from satisfying the award.