Alamelu v. The Managing Director,

HIGH COURT LEGAL SERVICES COMMITTEE, CHENNAI National Lok Adalat organised by the High Court Legal Services Committee Sunday, the 26th day of June 2022 LOK ADALAT AWARD (Chapter VI and u/s 21 of Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987) Presided over by The Hon'ble Mr.JUSTICE SUNDER MOHAN and Members Mr.K.Balasubramanian Mr. C.K.Chandrasekaran CMA No.2208 of 2021 (Appeal against the judgment and decree passed on 29.04.2021 made in M.C.O.P.No.4283 of 2018 on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal/ I Additional District & Sessions Judge, Cuddalore) 1.Alamelu 2.A.Sivagami 3.E.Muthu .. Appellants Vs.

1.The Managing Director, Puducherry Road, Transport Corpn.Ltd., No.4, Ayyanarkoil Street, Raja Nagar, Puducherry.

2.The Divisional Manager, The New India Assurance Co.Ltd., DO III Floor, No.179, JN Street, Puducherry.

.. Respondents This case came up for settlement before the National Lok Adalat. Both the parties are present. The learned counsel for the appellants Ms.Ramya V.Rao and the learned counsel for the second respondent, Mr.T.Jayaraman are present. No appearance for the first respondent. After mutual discussion, negotiation, mediation and conciliation between both parties, they arrived at a compromise

to settle the matter as follows:

TERMS OF SETTLEMENT Both the parties and their respective counsel are present. 2.The Tribunal has awarded a sum of Rs.6,04,836/- with interest at 7.5% p.a. from the date of petition till the date of deposit as compensation.

3. Aggrieved by the award, the appellants/claimants have preferred the present appeal, for enhancement.

4. Now the Appellants have agreed to receive a sum of Rs.2,50,000/-(Rupees Two Lakhs Fifty Thousand only) in addition to the amount ordered by the Tribunal, which is also acceptable to the second respondent.

5. The second respondent/Insurance Company is directed to deposit the additional award amount, within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. On such deposit, the claimants are permitted to withdraw the Award amount. The apportionment ordered by the Tribunal is hereby confirmed. Award is passed accordingly.

6.The Tribunal is directed to issue the cheque to the party concerned on proper identification in accordance with the terms of the award, without insisting on any formal permission petition. The Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is disposed of accordingly.

1.Alamelu 2.A.Sivagami 3.E.Muthu Counsel for the appellants The Divisional Manager, The New India Assurance Co.Ltd., DO III Floor, No.179, JN Street, Puducherry.

Counsel for the second respondent This National Lok Adalat award is passed in terms of the above settlement.

The Court fee paid shall be refunded to the parties in the manner provided under the 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

To The parties/Advocate concerned Copy to:

1.The Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal/ I Additional District & Sessions Judge, Cuddalore.

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.

SUNDER MOHAN, J vsn/sms CMA No.2208 of 2021 26.06.2022