National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Shakuntala Kishor Singh And Ors.
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Aurangabad Bench, Bombay High Court; Justice Sanjay A. Deshmukh; decision date 13 March 2026; Civil Application No. 3033 of 2026 in FAST/7747/2025 (with Civil Applications Nos. 3662/2025 and 3663/2025); parties Shakuntala Kishor Singh And Anr. versus National Insurance Company Ltd. And Anr.; advocates Jagtap Amol Tanajirao (Applicant) and Atul Bhaskar Gatne (Respondent No.1). Key content: permission to withdraw amount deposited pursuant to an award — partly allowed, 50% of appellant-deposited amount withdrawable with accrued interest on usual undertaking to Registrar (Judicial); insurer-side objection that the policy was not valid because the accident occurred outside the physical area covered by the policy; condonation of 19-day delay in filing the first appeal allowed (delay neither deliberate nor intentional); first appeal at notice stage, returnable 07.05.2026, waiver of service by Amol T. Jagtap for Respondent Nos. 1 and 2, appeal memo to be supplied, Record and Proceedings called. No statutes cited; no precedents cited; quantum of deposit not stated.