The Chief Manager v. Murali(Died)

HIGH COURT LEGAL SERVICES COMMITTEE, CHENNAI National Lok Adalat organised by the High Court Legal Services Committee th day of December, 2025 Saturday, the 13 NATIONAL 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.N.Balasubramanian, District Judge (Retd) Mr.P.Kannan, Advocate CMA.No.2414 of 2022 Appeal against the Judgment and decree dated 12.04.2022 passed in M.C.O.P.No.1921 of 2016 on the file of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal cum Principal Sub-Judge, Cuddalore.

The Chief Manager, The Oriental Insurance Co-Ltd., No.216, Old.No.115, Prakasam Salai, Broadway, Chennai - 600 108.

...Appellant Vs.

1.Murali (Died) 2.Vijayakumar 3.M.Chithra

4.M.Vikram 5.M.Vijaya Prasanth 6.M.Vishnu 7.G.Rajakumari

...Respondents

This case is taken up for settlement before the National Lok Adalat. Both the parties are present. Mr.S.Senthilkumar, learned counsel for appellant and Mrs.Ramya V.Rao, learned counsel for the respondents 3 to 7 are present. After mutual discussion, negotiation, mediation and conciliation between both parties, they arrived at a compromise to settle the matter as follows:

TERMS OF SETTLEMENT The Insurance Company is on appeal, challenging the award of Rs.6,95,922/- awarded by the Tribunal in M.C.O.P.No.1921 of 2016 dated 12.04.2022.

2. Application is taken out to implead the legal heirs of the claimant/1st respondent as respondents 3 to 7 and the same is ordered. 3.Today, 13.12.2025, the officials of the Insurance Company and the respondents 3 to 7/claimants along with their respective counsels are present.

4.After deliberations, the parties have now agreed for full and final settlement of Rs.6,00,000/- with interest awarded by the Tribunal.

5.The pay and recovery ordered by the Tribunal award is to be maintained. The appellant/Insurance Company is directed to deposit above said accepted award amount of Rs.6,00,000/- (Rupees Six Lakhs Only) with interest as awarded by the Tribunal, after deducting the amount already deposited, if any, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this award and thereafter, recover the same from the 2nd respondent/owner of the vehicle .

6. On such deposit, the claimants/respondents 3 to 7 are permitted to withdraw the enhanced amount without filing any formal petition. Award is passed accordingly.

7. The Tribunal is directed to transfer the amount through RTGS/NEFT to the parties 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. The connected miscellaneous petition, if any, is closed. The Chief Manager, The Oriental Insurance Co-Ltd., No.216, Old.No.115,Prakasam Salai, Broadway, Chennai - 600 108.

Counsel for the Appellant M.Chithra

M.Vikram M.Vijaya Prasanth M.Vishnu G.Rajakumari Counsel for the respondents 3 to 7 This Lok Adalat award is passed in terms of the above settlement. The full Court fee paid shall be refunded to the appellant in the manner provided under Section 69-A of the Tamil Nadu Court-Fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1955 and 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 Principal Sub-Judge, Cuddalore.

(Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal) 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 rst

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