Iqpaul v. K.Rajkumar

HIGH COURT LEGAL SERVICES COMMITTEE, CHENNAI National Lok Adalat organised by the High Court Legal Services Committee Saturday, the 14th December, 2024 LOK ADALAT AWARD (Chapter VI and u/s 21 of Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987) Presided over by The Hon'ble Mr.JUSTICE P.B.BALAJI and Members Mr.M.Sambasivam, District Judge (Retd.) Mrs.D.Prasanna Advocate CMA.No.869 of 2020 Appeal against the order in M.C.O.P.No.189 of 2012 dated 28.08.2017 on the file of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal/Principal District Judge, Namakkal. 1.Iqpaul 2.Barveen Banu ... Appellants Vs.

1.K.Rajkumar 2.Bajaj Alliance General Insurance Company Ltd., KMA Complex, 12G, Ram Nagar, Byepass Road, Madurai.

... Respondents This case came up for settlement before the National Lok Adalat. Both the parties are present. Mr.T.S.Arthanareeswaran, the learned counsel for the Appellant(s) and Mr.R.V.Sivaraj, the learned counsel for the 2nd respondent(s) are present. The 1st respondent was set exparte before the Tribunal. After mutual discussion, negotiation, mediation and conciliation between both the parties, they arrived at a compromise to settle the matter as follows:-

TERMS OF SETTLEMENT The appeal has been preferred by the claimants, aggrieved by the award of Rs.3,30,000/- (Rupees Three Lakhs Thirty Thousand only) together with interest. The 2nd respondent Insurance Company has already deposited the award amount of Rs.3,30,000/- together with applicable interest. 2.Today, the parties have decided to amicably settle the matter and have arrived at an additional sum of Rs.8,00,000/- (Rupees Eight Lakhs only) in full quit. 3.The 2nd respondent/Insurance Company is directed to deposit the additional award amount of Rs.8,00,000/- (Rupees Eight Lakhs only) to the credit of M.C.O.P.No.189 of 2012, within a period of eight weeks, from today. On such deposit, the appellants are entitled to Rs.4,00,000/- each. The appellants are permitted to withdraw their additional compensation award, without filing any formal petition, before the competent Court. No order as to costs in this appeal, award is passed accordingly.

1.Iqpaul 2.Barveen Banu ...Counsel for the Appellants Bajaj Alliance General Insurance Company Ltd., KMA Complex, 12G, Ram Nagar, Byepass Road, Madurai.

...Counsel for the 2nd respondent This Lok Adalat award is passed in terms of the above settlement. The full Court fees paid shall be refunded to the parties in the manner provided under Court Fees Act, 1870 as provided for under sub Sec.1 of Section 21 r/w 25 of LSA Act 1987 as amended in 1994.

Judge Member Member

P.B.BALAJI ata/sli To:The parties/Advocate concerned Copy to:

1.The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal/Principal District Judge, Namakkal. 2.The Secretary, High Court Legal Services Committee, Chennai. 3.The Section Officer, V.R.Section, High Court, Madras. 4.The Section Officer, Lok Adalat Section, High Court, Madras.+2 copies CMA.No.869 of 2020 14.12.2024