Bhagaban Padhi v. Puspalata Barik
Case brief
What is this about?
Bhagaban Padhi and another v. Puspalata Barik and another; MACA No.420 of 2018; High Court of Orissa at Cuttack; order dated 13.09.2025; Justice Mruganka Sekhar Sahoo; 3rd National Lok Adalat 2025; Lok Adalat compromise/settlement; appeal against award dated 13.10.2017 in MAC Case No.178 of 2001 by 3rd MACT-cum-Additional District Judge, Dhenkanal; settlement Rs.1,40,000/- (Rupees One Lakh and Forty Thousand) consolidated, full satisfaction of claims, subject to interest; cheque within 8 weeks; deposit before Tribunal within eight weeks; release/apportionment on identification of claimants; United India Insurance Company Ltd.; G.N. Rout for appellants; P.K. Mohanty and Mahali for Insurance Company; MACA disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Compromise recorded in the 3rd National Lok Adalat: settlement at Rs.1,40,000/- (Rupees One Lakh and Forty Thousand) only, further consolidated, in full satisfaction of the claims, subject to payment of interest; cheque for the amount to be issued within 8 weeks of the judgment/order; amount to be deposited before the learned Tribunal within eight weeks and released/apportioned upon proper identification of the claimant(s); MACA stands disposed of.