Insurer appealed against a consent award of Rs. 4,88,000 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal on compromise recorded through its duly appointed attorney. The High Court held the compromise valid and dismissed the appeal.
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR
S.B. Civil Miscellaneous Appeal No. 3524/2012
Hdfc Ergo General Insurance Company Ltd. 6, Luhadiya Tower, Ashok Marg, C-Scheme, Jaipur having its regional office at N-22, Second Floor, Sector-18, Noida-201301 through its constituted attorney.
----Non-claimant/Appellant
Versus
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| For Appellant(s) | : Mr. |
Virendra Agarawal, Adv. |
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| Ms. | Anjali Assat, Adv. | |
| For Respondent(s) | : Mr. |
Neeraj Sharma, Adv. |
| Mr. | Kamal Gupta, Adv. |
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HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SHRIMALI
Order
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ekuuh; mPpre U;k;ky; us vius fofu'p; Y. Sleebachen Vs. Superintending Engineer WRO/PWD Civil Appeal Nos. 7164-7166 of 2014 (Arising out of SLP (C) Nos. 23016-23018 of 2012) Decided On: 04.08.2014 esa fuEu fl)kar izfrikfnr fd;k gS fd%&
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Arbitration - Government Pleader - Authority to compromise - High Court set aside Trial Court's arbitral award in terms of agreed conditions between Appellant and Government Pleader on behalf of Respondents/State as Pleader was not authorised to record compromise on behalf of Respondents - Hence, present appeals - Whether Pleader was open to accept offer of Appellant on behalf of Respondents - Held, Pleader found offer to be in interest of Respondents - Respondents failed to show that Pleader was not authorised to enter into such compromise - Respondents did not file any application before Trial Court immediately after passing of consent decrees in compromise terms for recall as Pleader was not authorised to enter into any such settlement - Pleader's written endorsement on Memo filed by Appellant could be deemed as valid consent of Respondent itself - Moreover, no action was taken against that Pleader by Respondents which showed that Respondents tried to wriggle out of valid compromise by taking such unacceptable allegation - Hence, impugned order of High Court set aside and consent decrees passed by Trial Court restored - Appeals allowed.
blh izdkj bl U;k;ky; dh led{k ihB }kjk ikfjr fu.kZ; Mohan Bai V. Jai Kisha AIR 1983 RAJASTHAN 240 esa ;g vo/kkfjr fd;k x;k gS fd%&
Even where a compromise petition is signed by the Counsel and not by the parties themselves, the Court can act upon such compromise. 0.23, R.3 as amended does not debar a Counsel from signing a compromise petition nor does it interfere with his inherent right to enter into an
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agreement or compromise on behalf of his client. AIR 1983 Andh Pra 32, Dissented from.
,slh fLFkfr esa mDr fofu'p;ksa esa vfHkfu/kkZfjr fl)karksa ,oa mijksDr foospu ds vk/kkj ij vihykFkhZ dh vihy lkjghu gksus ls Lohdkj fd;s tkus ;ksX; ugh gSA
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(CHANDRA PRAKASH SHRIMALI),J
MANISH SAINI /32
2 issues framed by the court
Whether an insurance company can challenge a consent award passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal on compromise effected by its authorised counsel.
Whether counsel authorised to effect settlement could record compromise on behalf of the insurer without further consent.
Colour shows how this judgement treated each authority
Y. Sleebachen v. Superintending Engineer WRO/PWDRelied on¶47
Y. Sleebachen Vs. Superintending Engineer WRO/PWD Civil Appeal Nos. 7164-7166 of 2014 (Arising out of SLP (C) Nos. 23016-23018 of 2012) Decided On: 04.08.2014
Mohan Bai v. Jai KishaFollowed¶52
Mohan Bai V. Jai Kisha AIR 1983 RAJASTHAN 240 · Who else cites this
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