Jaswinder Kaur and Ors. Vs Gurjit Singh and Ors. — Punjab & Haryana HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Jaswinder Kaur and Ors. Vs Gurjit Singh and Ors. — Punjab & Haryana HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Rs.12,50,000/- (Rupees Twelve Lac and Fifty Thousand only) over and above the tribunal award, in full and final satisfaction of the claim, payable by cheque favouring appellant No.1 Jaswinder Kaur W/o Satnam Singh for and on behalf of all the appellants, to be deposited with the Lok Adalat office within six weeks, failing which the awarded amount carries interest @ 9% per annum from the date of the order till payment.

Issue for consideration

Quantum of additional compensation payable to the appellants over and above the amount awarded by the tribunal, in full and final satisfaction of their claim.

Court's answer

On the appellants' statement for full and final satisfaction of their claim, accepted on behalf of the insurer of the offending vehicle, the appeal is disposed of with a direction to the insurer to deposit with the Lok Adalat office, within six weeks, a cheque for Rs.12,50,000/- favouring appellant No.1 Jaswinder Kaur W/o Satnam Singh, for and on behalf of all the appellants.

Ratio / Principle

If the cheque is not deposited within six weeks, the amount hereby awarded shall carry interest @ 9% per annum from the date of the order till payment thereof.

Key takeaways

The deposited cheque may be collected by appellant No.1 (Jaswinder Kaur) or the counsel representing the appellants against proper receipt.ratio¶8
Miscellaneous applications, if any, stand disposed of.ratio¶9

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Daily Lok Adalat (Bench No.3) disposed of FAO-734-2004, Jaswinder Kaur & Ors. v. Gurjit Singh & Ors., on settlement: in full and final satisfaction of their claim, an amount of Rs.12,50,000/- (Rupees Twelve Lac and Fifty Thousand only) over and above the amount awarded by the tribunal was accepted on behalf of the insurer of the offending vehicle (Oriental Ins. Co.). The insurer is directed to deposit with the Lok Adalat office, within six weeks, a cheque favouring appellant No.1 Jaswinder Kaur W/o Satnam Singh, for and on behalf of all the appellants; failing deposit within six weeks, the awarded amount carries interest @ 9% per annum from the date of the order till payment. The cheque may be collected by appellant No.1 or the counsel representing the appellants against proper receipt. Miscellaneous applications, if any, stand disposed of. Bench: Mahavir Singh Chauhan, President; Dr. Sarita Gupta, Member. Order dated 30.07.2025.

DAILY LOK ADALAT

BENCH NO.3

502 FAO-734-2004 JASWINDER KAUR & ORS. VS GURJIT SINGH & ORS.

Present: Mr. ML Saggar, Sr. Advocat e with Ms. Armaan Saggar, Advoca t e for the appellants. Pritpal Singh-Appellant No. 2 in person. Mr. Punit Jain, Advocate an d Mr. Suvir Dewan, Advocate w ith Mr. Tara Chand, Manager, Mr. Sumeet Raval, Dy. Man a ger and Mr. Yatin Sachdeva, Dy. Ma n ger for Oriental Ins. Co.

Discussed.

A statement made on beha l f of the appellants that in ful l and final satisfaction of their claim, a n amount of Rs.12,50,000/ - (Rupees T welve Lac and Fifty Thousa n d only) over and above th e amount a warded by the tribunal be a warded and be disbursed t o appellant No.1-Jaswinder Kaur W/o Satnam Singh, having bee n accepted o n behalf of the insurer of the o ffending vehicle, the appeal i s disposed o f with a direction to the insu r er to deposit with the office o f the Lok A d alat a cheque in the sum of R s.12,50,000/- (Rupees Twelv e Lac and Fifty Thousand only), favou r ing appellant No.1-Jaswinde r Kaur W/ o Satnam Singh, for & on beh a lf of all the appellants, withi n six weeks from today, failing which the amount hereby awarded shal l carry inte r est @ 9% per annum from th e date of this order till paymen t thereof.

The cheque so deposited m ay be collected by the above - named a p pellant or the counsel repre s enting the appellants agains t proper re c eipt.

Miscellaneous applications, if any, stand disposed of. A copy of this order be m ade available to each of th e appearin g counsel, and the file be consi g ned.

(MAHAVIR SINGH CHAUHAN) PRESIDENT

(DR. SARITA GUPTA) MEMBER 30.07.2025

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