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National Insurance Company Ltd. v. Leela Muni Oraon

Himachal Pradesh HC5 Dec 2025CMP/28298/2025

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What is this about?

Keywords: FAO No.108 of 2015; CMP No.28298 of 2025; National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Leela Muni Oraon and others; correction of order dated 14.11.2025; settlement amount Rs.23,36,500/-; Tribunal award Rs.39,10,500/-; refund of excess deposit; amount lying in Registry; proportionate interest; current account; proper receipt and identification; Jiya Lal Bhardwaj, Judge; decided 05.12.2025; application disposed of.

What did the court decide?

Refund of the excess deposited amount to the applicant/appellant with proportionate interest accrued thereon, to be transmitted to its current account against proper receipt and identification; correction of the order dated 14.11.2025 recording the settlement amount. ¶11

National Insurance Company Ltd. Vs Leela Muni Oraon — Himachal Pradesh HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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Issue for consideration

Whether the order dated 14.11.2025 should be corrected to record that the Tribunal below had awarded Rs.39,10,500/- while the parties had agreed to receive Rs.23,36,500/-. +1 more

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Court's answer

The order dated 14.11.2025 is corrected: in the fifth line, after a sum of Rs.23,36,500/, the words "instead of Rs.39,10,500/-" are to be incorporated, and necessary corrections are to be made in that order.

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Ratio / Principle

Since respondents No. 1 to 4 were held entitled in settlement to Rs.23,36,500/- instead of Rs.39,10,500/- awarded by the Tribunal below, the excess amount deposited by the applicant/appellant is ordered to be refunded to it.

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Key takeaways

The refunded amount is to be transmitted to the current account of the applicant/appellant (details in para 5 of the application), along with proportionate interest accrued thereon, the amount lying deposited in the Registry of this Court, against proper receipt and identification.ratio¶10

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Correction-cum-refund order in FAO No.108 of 2015 (National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Leela Muni Oraon and others), decided 05.12.2025 by Jiya Lal Bhardwaj, Judge. The Court noted that its order dated 14.11.2025 disposing of the appeal had wrongly recorded that the parties agreed to receive Rs.23,36,500/- "as awarded by the Tribunal below", whereas the Tribunal below had awarded Rs.39,10,500/-; the order was corrected by incorporating the words "instead of Rs.39,10,500/-" after the figure of Rs.23,36,500/-. On CMP No.28298 of 2025 by the applicant/appellant seeking release of the excess deposit, the Court ordered the excess amount lying deposited in the Registry to be refunded to the applicant/appellant, with proportionate interest accrued thereon, to be transmitted to its current account (details in para 5 of the application) against proper receipt and identification; the application was disposed of accordingly.

National Insurance Company Ltd. v. Leela Muni Oraon

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