Regional Manager Hrtc Vs Anuradha — Himachal Pradesh HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Regional Manager Hrtc Vs Anuradha — Himachal Pradesh HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

Release of the awarded amount of compensation alongwith up-to-date interest in favour of applicant/respondent No.2 (Isha Sharma), as per her share, from the amount deposited in the Registry of this Court, after proper verification and identification, by remitting the same to her bank account.

Issue for consideration

Whether the awarded amount of compensation alongwith up-to-date interest, lying deposited in the Registry of this Court, should be released in favour of applicant/respondent No.2 (Isha Sharma) as per her share, now that the appeal stands finally disposed of and the judgment dated 31.05.2013 has attained finality.

Ratio / Principle

The Court, having perused the averments in the application supported by the affidavit of applicant/respondent No.2, and coupled with the fact that the judgment passed by this Court has attained finality, proceeded to decide the prayer for release of the deposited amount.

Key takeaways

The Court found it in the interest of justice to release the awarded amount of compensation alongwith up-to-date interest in favour of applicant/respondent No.2, as per her share in the total awarded amount, lying deposited in the Registry, after proper verification and identification, by remitting the same to her bank account (details given in para-8 of the application).ratio¶¶9

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

CMP No.10645 of 2026 in FAO No.465 of 2012 (Regional Manager, HRTC & anr. v. Anuradha & ors.), decided 20.05.2026 by Sushil Kukreja, Judge. Application under Section 151 CPC by applicant/respondent No.2, Isha Sharma, seeking release of the awarded amount of compensation alongwith up-to-date interest lying deposited in the Registry of this Court, as per her share, the appeal having been finally disposed of. The non-applicant/appellant side filed no reply and its counsel raised no objection, no appeal having been preferred against the judgment dated 31.05.2013 passed by this Court, which has attained finality. Relying on the affidavit-supported averments and the finality of its earlier judgment, the Court found it in the interest of justice to release the awarded amount with up-to-date interest in favour of applicant/respondent No.2 as per her share, after proper verification and identification, by remitting it to her bank account (details at para-8 of the application). Application disposed of. No specific monetary figure is stated in the order.

Regional Manager, HRTC & anr. Vs. Anuradha & ors.

CMP No.10645 of 2026 in FAO No.465 of 2012

20.05.2026 Present: Ms. Shrutika Chauhan, Advocate, vice Mr. Dheeraj K. Vashisht, Advocate, for the non-applicants/ appellants.

Mr. Amrick Singh, Advocate, for the applicants/ respondents No.1 & 2.

CMP No. 10645 of 2026

The present application under Section 151 of CPC has been maintained by the applicant/respondent No.2 namely, Isha Sharma,for release of the awarded amount of compensation alongwith up-to-date interest, which is lying deposited in the Registry of this Court. The application is duly supported with the affidavit of applicant/ respondent No.2. As per the applicant, since the appeal stands finally disposed of, therefore, the awarded amount of compensation alongwith up-to-date interest be released in her favour, as per her share.

No reply is intended to be filed on behalf of nonapplicant/appellant and the learned vice counsel for the nonapplicant/appellant has no objection in case the prayer made in the application is allowed, as no appeal has been preferred against the judgment dated 31.05.2013, passed by this Court and the same has attained finality.

Heard. Having perused the averments made in the applications, which are duly supported with affidavit of the applicant/respondent No.2, coupled with the fact that the judgment passed by this Court has attained finality, this Court

finds it in the interest of justice to release the awarded amount of compensation alongwith up-to-date interest in favour of applicant/respondents No.2, as per her share in the total awarded amount of compensation, which is lying deposited in the Registry of this Court, after proper verification and identification by remitting the same to her bank account, details whereof have been given in para-8 of the application.

The application stands disposed of.

( Sushil Kukreja ) Judge

May 20, 2026

(V.Himalvi)