General Manager Northern Railways Vs Mithu Ram — Himachal Pradesh HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

General Manager Northern Railways Vs Mithu Ram — Himachal Pradesh HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Release of the award amount alongwith up-to-date interest lying deposited in the Registry of this Court to the applicants/respondents No.2(a), 2(b), 2(d), 2(e) & 2(f) (Dalbeero, Rekha, Rajni, Shammi Kumar & Nisha Devi), strictly as per their shares, after proper verification and identification, by remitting the same to their saving bank accounts.

Issue for consideration

Whether the award amount alongwith up-to-date interest lying deposited in the Registry of this Court should be released to the applicants/respondents No.2(a), 2(b), 2(d), 2(e) & 2(f) strictly as per their shares.

Court's answer

This Court found it in the interest of justice to release the award amount alongwith up-to-date interest lying deposited in the Registry of this Court in favour of the applicants/respondents No.2(a), 2(b), 2(d), 2(e) & 2(f), namely, Dalbeero, Rekha, Rajni, Shammi Kumar & Nisha Devi, strictly as per their shares.

Ratio / Principle

The released amount is to be remitted to the applicants' saving bank accounts after proper verification and identification.

Key takeaways

The Court proceeded on the recital that its judgment dated 26.07.2018 passed in the main appeal has attained finality.ratio¶10

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Applications (CMPs No.17568 to 17572 of 2026) under Section 151 CPC filed by respondents No.2(a), 2(b), 2(d), 2(e) & 2(f) — Dalbeero, Rekha, Rajni, Shammi Kumar & Nisha Devi — in the decided appeal FAO(MVA) No.344 of 2016 (GM, Northern Railway vs. Mithu Ram & Ors.) sought release of the award amount with up-to-date interest lying deposited in the Registry of this Court. The main appeal had been decided vide judgment dated 26.07.2018, which had attained finality, and the appellant's counsel raised no objection to the prayer. The Court (Sushil Kukreja, Judge) found it in the interest of justice to release the deposited award amount with up-to-date interest strictly as per the applicants' shares, after proper verification and identification, by remitting the same to their saving bank accounts; the applications stand disposed of (20.07.2026).

GM, Northern Railway vs. Mithu Ram & Ors.

CMPs No.17568 to 17572 of 2026 in FAO(MVA) No.344 of 2016

20.07.2026

Present: Mr. Bharat Bhushan, Senior Panel Counsel, for the non-applicant/appellant.

Mr. Y.P. Sood, Advocate, for the applicants/respondents.

Mr. Manoj Chauhan, Additional Advocate General,for the respondents/State.

CMPs No.17568, 17569, 17570,17571 & 17572 of 2026

The present applications under Section 151 of CPC, have been filed by the applicants/respondents No.2(a), 2(b), 2(d), 2(e) & 2(f), namely, Dalbeero, Rekha, Rajni, Shammi Kumar & Nisha Devi, for release of award amount alongwith up-to-date interest, in their favour, as per their shares, as lying deposited in the Registry of this Court.

Learned Senior Panel Counsel, for the nonapplicant/appellant, states that since the present appeal has been decided by this Court vide judgment dated 26.07.2018 and no further appeal or challenge has been preferred against the said judgment till date and the same has attained finality, he has no objection, in case, the prayer made in the application is allowed.

Heard. Having perused the averments made in the applications, which are duly supported with the affidavits of the applicants coupled with the fact that the judgment dated 26.07.2018 passed by this Court has attained finality, this Court finds it in the interest of justice to release the award amount alongwith up-to-date

interest as lying deposited in the Registry of this Court in favour of the applicants/respondents No.2(a), 2(b), 2(d), 2(e) & 2(f), namely, Dalbeero, Rekha, Rajni, Shammi Kumar & Nisha Devi , strictly, as per their shares, after proper verification and identification, by remitting the same to their saving bank accounts, details whereof have been mentioned in Para-3 of all the applications as well as photocopies of pass books of the aforesaid applicants annexed with the application (Annexure A-1, colly).

Applications stand disposed of.

( Sushil Kukreja ) Judge

July 20, 2026 (reena)