New India Assurance Company Limited v. Jagjeet Singh and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
MAC App. No. 16/2025, High Court of J&K and Ladakh at Srinagar; Judge Vinod Chatterji Koul; order dated 09.12.2025; New India Assurance Company Limited (appellant, counsel Manzoor A Dar and Luqman S. Dar) vs Jagjeet Singh and others (respondents, counsel Gowhar Majeed Dalal, Altaf Ahmad Wani, Ibrahim Mehraj); consensual settlement of motor accident claim; full and final settlement Rs. 1.1 crore (Rupees One crore and one lac only); Rs. 1.12 crore already deposited with Registry; remittance to claimants per shares and balance to insurer; appeal disposed of with connected CM nos. 5811/2025, 7208/2025, 7464/2025; keywords: settlement, compensation, remittance, disposed.
What did the court decide?
Appeal disposed of pursuant to settlement: appellant to pay Rs. 1.1 crore as full and final settlement; the amount deposited with the Registry to be remitted to the claimants as per their shares (bank details to be furnished by respondents' counsel), and the remainder to the Insurance Company.