Tata Aig General Insurance Co.Ltd., through Its Branch Manager, Chandrapur v. Ratnamala Wd/O Arvind Raut and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court Nagpur Bench; condonation of delay 296 days; statutory appeal; First Appeal (Stamp) No.8374 of 2024; CAF No.1617 of 2024; CAF No.4067 of 2025; Tata AIG General Insurance Co. Ltd.; Labour Court Chandrapur Judgment and Award dated 24.04.2023; withdrawal of compensation 50% with accrued interest; undertaking; costs Rs.3,000/- Public Welfare Account; SMPIL No.01 of 2021 order dated 12.01.2026; interim relief dated 01.07.2024 limited to insurance company; penalty on employer-respondent No.5; notice returnable after four weeks; Justice Prafulla S. Khubalkar; order dated 22 January 2026.
What did the court decide?
Both civil applications disposed of: (i) delay of 296 days in filing the statutory appeal condoned, subject to costs of Rs.3,000/- to be deposited by the applicant in the Public Welfare Account within two weeks; (ii) original claimants (respondent Nos.1 to 4) permitted to withdraw 50% of the deposited compensation along with accrued interest, subject to furnishing a usual undertaking to the concerned Authority. In First Appeal (Stamp) No.8374 of 2024, notice issued to respondents, returnable after four weeks, with service on other respondents permitted by private mode in addition to regular mode; interim relief of 01.07.2024 clarified as confined to the appellant-insurance company only.