The Branch Manager, the New India Assurance Company Limited, v. Mostt Shushila Kunwar
Case brief
What is this about?
Jharkhand High Court, Ranchi; C.M.P. No. 792 of 2025; Justice Gautam Kumar Choudhary; Order No. 04 dated 12.09.2025; New India Assurance Company Limited (insurer/petitioner); claimants Shushila Kunwar and children of Late Ramesh Prasad; vehicle owner Ashutosh Kumar Mishra; driver Bhar Dwaz Tiwary; Section 151 CPC corrected to Section 152 CPC; arithmetical/clerical correction of compensation; M.A. No. 160 of 2015 judgment dated 04.03.2025; monthly income Rs. 13,518/-; salary slip Ext-14; erroneous Rs. 18,000/- with 30% future prospects; 1/4th deduction; multiplier 14; deceased aged 45; conventional head Rs. 77,000/-; revised total compensation Rs. 23,45,000/-; order forms part of main award; petition disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Permission accorded to correct the cause title from Section 151 CPC to Section 152 CPC; compensation in the judgment/award dated 04.03.2025 in M.A. No. 160 of 2015 recomputed on monthly income of Rs. 13,518/- (total Rs. 23,45,000/-); award modified and the order made part of the main award; pending I.A., if any, disposed of.