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Manager Legal,Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Chandra Sekhar Khuntia

Orissa HC3 Mar 2023FAO/26/2023

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What is this about?

This is a First Appeal by an insurance company against an award granting compensation to an employee driver for an occupational injury. The High Court consolidated the compensation at Rs. 8 lakhs upon both parties' agreement and ordered its disbursement.

What did the court decide?

Compensation fixed at Rs. 8,00,000; disbursement ordered in eight weeks; balance to be refunded to insurer.

Manager Legal,Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. Vs… — Pension and Retirement Benefits | Orissa HC (2023)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK FAO No.26 of 2023

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…. Manager Legal, Oriental Insurance Co. Appellant Ltd.

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Mr. P.K. Mahali, Advocate

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-versus-

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Chandra Sekhar Khuntia and another …. Respondents Mr. D. Patnaik, Advocate for Respondent No.1

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CORAM: JUSTICE B. P. ROUTRAY

ORDER 03.03.2023

Order No.

Heard Mr. P.K. Mahali, learned counsel for the AppellantInsurance Company and Mr. D. Patnaik, learned counsel for Respondent No.1-claimant.

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Present appeal by the insurer is directed against the judgment and award dated 24.11.2022 passed in E.C. Case No.380-D/2018 by the Commissioner for Employee’s Compensation-cum-Joint Labour Commissioner, Cuttack wherein compensation to the tune of Rs.12,61,472/- including interest has been granted to the claimant-Respondent No.1 on account of injury sustained by him in course of and arising out of the employment as a driver in the Indigo Car bearing Registration No.OD-05-5344 belonging to Respondent No.2.

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Upon hearing both the parties and considering all such grounds of challenge advanced, a reduced compensation of Rs.8,00,000/(Rupees Eight Lakhs) consolidated is proposed to the parties in course of hearing. Mr. D. Patnaik, learned counsel for the claimant-Respondent No.1 agrees to the same and Mr. P.K.

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Mahali, learned counsel for Appellant-Insurance Company leaves it to the discretion of the Court. The compensation amount is accordingly fixed to that extent.

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Since the entire award amount has been deposited before the learned Commissioner, out of the said amount, a sum of Rs.8,00,000/- along with proportionate accrued interest be disbursed in favour of the claimant-Respondent No.1 within a period of eight weeks from today and the balance amount along with proportionate accrued interest thereon shall be refunded to

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the Appellant-Insurance Company within the same period on proper application.

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With aforesaid modification of the award, the FAO is disposed of.

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An urgent certified copy of this order be granted on proper application.

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( B.P. Routray) Judge

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B.K. Barik

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Manager Legal,Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Chandra Sekhar Khuntia

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