This National Lok Adalat award accepted a settlement between the appellant claimant and respondent insurance company to enhance motor accident compensation by Rs. 1,00,000 over the original Tribunal award, directing payment and disposal of the appeal.
Settlement accepted enhancing compensation by Rs. 1,00,000/- over original award; appeal disposed of.
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HIGH COURT LEGAL SERVICES COMMITTEE, CHENNAI National Lok Adalat organised by the High Court Legal Services Committee Saturday, the 9th March 2024
LOK ADALAT AWARD
(Chapter VI and u/s 21 of Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987) Presided over by
The Hon'ble Mr.JUSTICE P.B.BALAJI
and
Members
Miss.V.Ahalya, District Judge (Retd.) Mr.C.K.Chandrasekar, Advocate
CMA.No.2946 of 2022
(Appeal against the judgment and decree passed in M.C.O.P.No.1228 of 2018 dated 21.02.2022 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, III Judge, Court of Small Causes Court at Chennai.
B.A.Jawahir ... Appellant
Vs
1.A.Krishnaveni
2.Tata AIG General Insurance Company Ltd., No.1, Ground Floor, C.N.C.Road, Ethiraj Salai, Egmore, Chennai - 600 008. ...Respondents
This case is taken up for settlement before the National Lok Adalat. Ms.Ramya V Rao, learned counsel for the Appellant is present and Mr.J.Michael Visuvasam, learned counsel for the 2nd Respondent are present before this Court.
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TERMS OF SETTLEMENT
The appeal is at the instance of the claimant, seeking enhancement of compensation as against the award amount of Rs.1,64,700/- (Rupees One Lakh Sixty Four Thousand and Seven Hundred only) by the Tribunal.
2.Today, the representatives of the Insurance Company and the claimant are present along with their respective counsel. After due deliberation, they agreed to settle the dispute for an amount of Rs.1,00,000/- (Rupees One Lakh only) over and above the compensation of Rs.1,64,700/- (Rupees One Lakh Sixty Four Thousand and Seven Hundred in full quit. The Award is passed accordingly.
3.The Insurance Company is directed to deposit the enhanced award amount of Rs.1,00,000/- (Rupees One Lakh only), if not already deposited, within a period of 4 weeks, from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.
4.On such deposit being made, the Tribunal is directed to transfer the amount through RTGS/NEFT to the claimant's bank account on proper identification, in accordance with the terms of the award, without insisting on any formal petition.
5.The Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is disposed of accordingly.
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B.A.Jawahir
B.A.Jawahir Counsel for the Appellant
1.A.Krishnaveni
2.Tata AIG General Insurance Company Ltd., No.1, Ground Floor, C.N.C.Road, Ethiraj Salai, Egmore, Chennai - 600 008.
Counsel for the Respondents
This Lok Adalat award is passed in terms of the above settlement.
The full Court fees paid shall be refunded to the parties in the manner provided under Court Fees Act, 1870 as provided for under sub Sec.1 of Section 21 r/w 25 of LSA Act 1987 as amended in 1994.
Judge
Member
Member
To:The parties/Advocate concerned
Copy to:
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P.B.BALAJI, J.
ata
CMA.2946 of 2024
09.03.2024
1 issue framed by the court
Whether to accept the settlement regarding enhancement of motor accident compensation.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
B.A. Jawahir
A.Krishnaveni
Tata AIG General Insurance Company Ltd.
P.B. Balaji
V. Ahalya
C.K. Chandrasekar
As recorded by the court registry
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