Kuldeep v. Manager the New India Insurance Co. Ltd. Thru. Branch Manager Sitapur and 2 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Motor accident compensation appeal — interim deposit order. FAO 545 of 2025, Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench), Justice Prashant Kumar, order dated 29.04.2026. Appellant: Kuldeep (counsel Deo Raj Singh); Respondents: New India Insurance Co. Ltd. (Branch Manager, Sitapur) and 2 others. Appeals award dated 13.02.2025 of MACT Lakhimpur Kheri in M.A.C.P. 274 of 2017. Directions: deposit of entire awarded compensation with upto-date interest after adjusting statutory deposit, within four weeks; investment of deposited amount in highest-interest fixed deposit in nationalized bank pending further orders; listed 12.08.2026.
What did the court decide?
Interim directions in the pending first appeal: the appellant to deposit the entire awarded compensation with upto-date interest (after adjusting the statutory deposit already made) before the Tribunal concerned within four weeks; on deposit, the amount to be placed in a highest-rate fixed deposit in a nationalized bank subject to further orders; case listed on 12.08.2026. The appeal itself was neither allowed nor dismissed at this stage.