Santosh Kumar Kumbhkar v. Ratiram Nevra
CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT, BILASPUR E- LOK ADALAT Judge - Lok Adalat : Hon'ble Mr. Justice Goutam Bhaduri Member - Lok Adalat : Shri Y.C. Sharma, Advocate MAC No. 1558 of 2019
1. Santosh Kumar Kumbhkar S/o Late Mansharam Aged About 38 Years
2. Smt. Savitri Bai W/o Shree Santosh Kumar Aged About 35 Years All are R/o Village Singarpur, Thana Dongargaon District Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh ---- Appellants
Versus
1. Ratiram Nevra S/o Shree Mehtaru Ram Nevra Aged About 58 Years R/o 57, Bagdganj Pardi, Nagpur, District Nagpur ( Maharashtra ) Present Address - Village Kirgi, Thana And Tehsil Dongargaon District Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh. (Driver / Owner )
2. Branch Manager National Insurance Company Ltd, Vardhman Nagar, Nagpur, Maharashtra, Through Regional Branch Office, Kamthi Line, Rajnandgaon District Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh. (Insurer) --- Respondents ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For Appellants - Mr. Parag Kotecha, Advocate.
For respondent No.2 - Mr. Sudhir Kumar Agrawal, Advocate.
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ORDER
(Passed on 11th July, 2020) The appellants are identified by Mr. Deepak Jain, Advocate and Mr. P.K. Tulsyan, counsel for insurance company and Mr. P.S. Bindra, In-charge are present. Case is settled in the following terms. The contesting parties to this appeal have amicably settled/compromised the dispute, which is subject matter of this appeal, voluntarily. We have also found that the terms and conditions of compromise/settlement arrived at between the contesting parties are just, proper and legal. There is no legal impediment to compromise and hence are acceptable. We accordingly accept the compromise/settlement, proposed by the parties and order that the insurance company shall pay Rs.5,00,000/- (Five Lakhs Rupees) by way of compensation in addition to the amount awarded by the Learned Tribunal to the appellants within 60 days from the date of receipt of this order, otherwise interest @ 9 % per annum from the date of filing of the claim petition, shall also be payable till its realization.
It is further observed that the amount enhanced shall be ratably distributed as per the percentage of share of the original award among the beneficiaries. Sd/- Sd/- (Goutam Bhaduri) (Y.C. Sharma) Judge -Lok Adalat Member - Lok Adalat High Court of Chhattisgarh High Court of Chhattisgarh Bilaspur Bilaspur Vishakha