Laxminarayan Sahu v. Chetan Gayakwad
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WP227 No. 23 of 2025, High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur, decided 10/01/2025 by Justice Rakesh Mohan Pandey (single judge). Petitioner Laxminarayan Sahu sought release of a fixed deposit (60% of the award amount passed by the Tribunal dated 10.11.2023, deposited by The New India Insurance Co. Ltd. pursuant to High Court order dated 22.03.2024) to construct his house. The Tribunal had rejected his application dated 26.11.2024 (order dated 03.12.2024) because he had earlier received Rs. 6,65,937/- without furnishing expenditure details. Held: rejection order quashed; petitioner permitted to move a fresh application with expenditure details; no opinion expressed on merits. Respondents: Chetan Gayakwad, Narayan Prajapati, Branch Manager, The New India Insurance Co. Ltd., Mahasamund. Petitioner's counsel: Kripesh G. Kela. No statutory provisions or precedents cited in the judgment.