The High Court disposed of a civil miscellaneous appeal against an award for enhancement of compensation. The parties settled via compromise, resulting in partial allowance of the appeal to enhance the award amount to Rs. 30,000.
Insurance company to enhance award by Rs. 30,000 to be deposited with Tribunal within 12 weeks.
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I N THE HI GH COURT OF JUDI CATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JAI PUR BENCH, JAI PUR
S. B. Ci vi l Mi sc. Appeal No. 3790/ 2011 ( Ashok Kumar Gai r a Vs. Sanj ay Kumar & Or s. ) Dat e of Judgment : : 24. 3. 2015
HON' BLE MR. JUSTI CE MAHESH CHANDRA SHARMA
Mr . Ri t esh Jai n, counsel f or t he appel l ant . Mr . S. R. Jat av f or Mr . N. L. Ver ma, counsel f or t he I nsur ance Company.
Thi s appeal has been f i l ed agai nst t he j udgment and awar d passed by MACT f or enhancement of t he quant um of compensat i on.
Mr . S. R. Jat av f or Mr . N. L. Ver ma Advocat e appear s on behal f of t he I nsur ance Company.
Keepi ng i n vi ew t he pi ous wor k of Lok Adal at , at t hi s st age t he counsel f or bot h t he par t i es i . e. t he cl ai mant s and t he i nsur ance company agr ee t hat t hi s appeal may be di sposed on t he basi s of t he compr omi se. The l ear ned counsel f or t he i nsur ance company gave consent f or enhanci ng t he amount of t he awar d i . e. Rs. 30, 000/ - ( Rs. Thi r t y Thousand) .
The enhanced amount shal l be i n addi t i on t o t he awar d amount and t he cl ai mant s appel l ant s ar e hel d ent i t l ed t o get t he af or esai d amount .
I n vi ew of above, t hi s appeal i s par t l y al l owed and i t i s di r ect ed t hat t he i nsur ance company shal l deposi t t he af or esai d amount wi t h t he l ear ned Tr i bunal wi t hi n a per i od of 12 weeks f r om t he dat e of r ecei pt of cer t i f i ed copy of t hi s or der and t he same shal l be di sbur sed t o t he cl ai mant s. I n case t he amount i s not pai d t o t he cl ai mant s wi t hi n a per i od of 12 weeks, t he cl ai mant s shal l be ent i t l ed t o i nt er est on t he enhanced amount @ 9 % per annum f r om t he dat e of passi ng of t hi s
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j udgment . Rest of t he t er ms under t he awar d shal l r emai n unchanged. However , i t i s made cl ear t hat i f t her e i s any br each of i nsur ance pol i cy or vi ol at i on of t he t er ms of t he pol i cy, t he i nsur ance company shal l be at l i ber t y t o move an appl i cat i on bef or e t he execut i ng cour t f or r ecover i ng t he amount f r om t he owner of t he of f endi ng vehi cl e or he can move an appl i cat i on bef or e t hi s cour t f or r ecal l i ng of t he or der .
The i mpugned awar d st ands modi f i ed, as i ndi cat ed her e- i n- above.
( Mahesh Chandr a Shar ma) J.
Sur esh
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SK Sharma PS
Ashok Kumar Gaira
Sanjay Kumar & Ors.
N. L. Verma
Mahesh Chandra Sharma
As recorded by the court registry
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