Shriram General Insurance Company Ltd. v. Smt Sindhubai Atmaram Jadhav and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Interim orders in compensation appeal FA/2657/2025 (Bombay HC, Aurangabad Bench; Sanjay A. Deshmukh, J.; 09-03-2026): Civil Applications 2863/2026 and 10673/2025 involving Sindhubai Atmaram Jadhav and Shriram General Insurance Company Ltd — entire Tribunal award amount deposited by appellant-insurer; execution of impugned judgment and award stayed till pendency of appeal; 50% of deposit released to claimant-applicants with accrued interest on undertaking to Registrar (Judicial); balance in fixed deposit in nationalized bank; minor claimants' Tribunal-directed fixed deposits withheld; insurer's objections (delay in FIR; contributory negligence) did not block partial withdrawal.
What did the court decide?
Execution of the impugned judgment and award stayed till the pendency of the appeal; claimant-applicants permitted to withdraw 50% of the amount deposited by the appellant with accrued interest thereon on furnishing usual undertaking to the learned Registrar (Judicial); remaining amount to be kept in fixed deposit in any nationalized bank till disposal of the appeal; amounts which the Tribunal directed to be kept in fixed deposit for minor claimants not to be paid to the minor claimant.