Motor accident compensation appeal settled before Lok Adalat; insurer agreed to pay Rs.7,50,000 over the awarded amount to claimants, payable via cheque within six weeks with 9% interest on default.
Rs.7,50,000 enhanced compensation to be paid by Insurance Company via cheque within six weeks; 9% interest on default.
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DAILY LOK ADALAT BENCH NO.3
509 FAO-4126-2018 JAIBIR & ORS. VS SUBHASH CHANDER SALUJA & ORS.
Present: Mr. Amit Kumar Goyal, Adv o cate for the appellants. Mr. Nigam K. Bhardwaj, Ad v ocate with Ms. Nandini Gupta, Advoca t e and Mr. Punit Jain, Advocate for Bharti AXA GIC (now ICICI Lombard GIC) *** * * *** As agreed, as per statement s of the learned counsel for th e appellant s as well as counsel for In s urance Company, separatel y recorded, a sum of Rs.7,50,000/- over a nd above the amount alread y awarded by the Tribunal, is awarde d to the appellants. Counse l further submitted that the entire e n hanced amount be paid t o appellant No.1-Jaibir S/o Udey Sing h , for & on behalf of all th e claimants, in full & final satisfaction of the claim.
Accordingly, we dispose of t h is case with a direction to th e Insuranc e Company to deposit a cheque in the sum of Rs.7,50,000/ - favouring appellant No.1-Jaibir S/o Ud e y Singh, with the Office of th e Lok Adal a t of the High Court within a p eriod of six weeks from today. Failing compliance of the order, interes t @ 9% per annum shall follo w on this a mount till payment from t he date of this order. Th e appellant s ’ counsel may collect the che q ue/draft from the office of th e Lok Adal a t. The office shall retain the p hotocopy of the cheque/draf t bearing s i gnatures of the counsel for th e appellant/appellants.
Appeal stands disposed of.
Copy of this order be supplied/sent to the counsel/partie s
and file b e consigned to record.
(N.K. KAPOOR) PRESIDENT
(MAHAVIR SINGH CHAUHAN) MEMBER
29.07.2024 NainaRajput
NAINA KATHIAT 2024.07.31 11:09 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document
Jaibir
Subhash Chander Saluja
N.K. Kapoor
Mahavir Singh Chauhan
As recorded by the court registry
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