Branch Manager, New India Insurance Company Ltd. v. Sanny Dilip Barse and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Interim reliefs in pending motor-accident compensation appeal before Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench (FAST 21114/2025; C.As. 13632, 8267, 8268 of 2025; Deshmukh J.; 24.12.2025): 50% interim withdrawal of deposited award amount with interest on undertaking to Registrar (Judicial); late FIR/driver's unrecorded statement not fatal at interlocutory stage; objections as to Form-B permanent disability certificate and unproved medical bills deferred to re-appreciation of evidence; over three lakhs spent on medical treatment; 84-day delay in filing appeal condoned as not deliberate (office processing); stay of execution and operation of impugned judgment and award in terms of prayer clause ‘B’ upon full deposit; notice returnable 17.02.2026.
What did the court decide?
C.A. 13632/2025 partly allowed: applicants permitted to withdraw the 50% amount deposited in this Court alongwith interest accrued thereon upon furnishing usual undertaking to the learned Registrar (Judicial). C.A. 8267/2025 allowed: delay of 84 days in filing the First Appeal condoned. C.A. 8268/2025 allowed: stay granted on execution and operation of the impugned judgment and award in terms of prayer clause ‘B’, the entire awarded amount already being deposited. All three Civil Applications stand disposed of. In First Appeal St. No. 21114 of 2025, notice issued to respondents returnable on 17.02.2026, service waived for respondent no.1 by Mr. Shaikh Sohail Yusuf Jahagirdar, and Record and Proceedings called.