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Farheen Mauzammil Shaikh And ORS. v. Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company Ltd., Mumbai

2025-01-24Hon'Ble Shri Justice Shivkumar Dige2 pages

Shubhada S Kadam 58-IA-12726-2024 (C)-withdrawal-doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 12726 OF 2024 IN FIRST APPEAL NO. 1869 OF 2024 Farheen Mauzammil Shaikh and ors.

... Applicants In the matter of Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company Ltd., Mumbai .... Appellant versus Farheen Mauzammil Shaikh and ors.

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Respondents Mr. Pramod Purav along with Mr. Niketan Nakhawa, Advocate for the Applicants.

Ms. Snehal Jadhav i/b. Mr. Sarthak S. Diwan, Advocate for AppellantInsurance Company. Ms. Varsha Nichani, Advocate for Respondent No.7. CORAM : SHIVKUMAR DIGE, J.

DATE : 24th JANUARY, 2025.

P.C. :

1.

Heard learned counsel for the applicants and learned counsel for appellant-Insurance Company.

2.

By this application, the applicants are seeking withdrawal of the amount. Learned counsel for the applicants submits that the deceased was the sole earning member of the applicants' family. The applicants have no source of income, they need the amount for their daily expenses. Hence, requested to allow the application.

Digitally signed by SHUBHADA SHANKAR KADAM Date:

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Shubhada S Kadam 58-IA-12726-2024 (C)-withdrawal-doc 3.

Learned counsel for appellant - Insurance Company strongly objected to allow the application on the ground that the driver of the offending vehicle was not holding effective and valid driving license. Hence, requested to reject the application.

4.

I have heard both learned counsel. The deceased was the sole earning member of the applicants' family. The applicants have no source of income, they need the amount for their daily expenses. The grounds raised by the appellant-Insurance can be considered at the time of final hearing of the appeal. Hence, I pass the following order :

O R D E R

1.

The application is allowed.

2.

The applicants are permitted to withdraw 50% amount along with accrued interest therein, out of the deposited amount on furnishing usual undertaking.

The application is disposed of.

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