Ashraf Khan & Anr. v. Jaswant Singh & Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords/case-type: MAC.APP.; National Lok Adalat; Pre-Sitting Lok Adalat; MACT; motor accident claims appeal; recovery rights to insurer; release of tribunal deposit; statutory amount refund; withdrawal of appeal; no enhancement by claimant; oral settlement with FIR quashing cooperation. Parties: Ashraf Khan & Anr. (appellants, driver and owner, in person); Jaswant Singh & Anr. (respondents; counsel Pankaj Gupta for R-1, Suman Bagga for R-2). Bench: Vimal Kumar Yadav (Presiding Officer), K. Venkatraman (Co-Member). Dates: order 09.05.2026; impugned MACT order 06.02.2020; deposit-compliance order 09.12.2021. Relevant for practitioners assessing appeals by drivers/owners against recovery-rights orders that were resolved by Lok Adalat settlement rather than decided on merits — no substantive adjudication of liability or recovery-rights legality occurs in this order.
What did the court decide?
Appeal withdrawn by Appellant no. 1 and disposed of as satisfied in full and final: amount deposited by appellants (Rs.5,13,130/- in total) with interest released to R-2 (Insurance Company) subject to requisite formalities; statutory amount with interest, if any, refunded to Appellant no. 1; per recorded oral settlement, appellant to pay Rs.40,000/- to respondent no. 1, who is to cooperate in the criminal proceeding including quashing of FIR, if any; claimant (R-1) not seeking enhancement; copy of order to be sent to the concerned Tribunal with LCR.