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2025 DAILYLAW 36765 (KAR)

KUMAR v. KARNATAKA STATE ROAD TRANSPORTATION CORPORATION

MFA/8457/2024 · 2025-03-08

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- 1 - HIGH COURT LEGAL SERVICES COMMITTEE, BENGALURU BEFORE THE NATIONAL LOK ADALAT IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 8TH DAY OF MARCH, 2025 CONCILIATORS PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SREENIVAS HARISH KUMAR & SRI M.N.UMASHANKAR, MEMBER M.F.A.NO.8457 OF 2024 (MV) (Lok Adalat No.370/2025) BETWEEN Kumar, S/o Cement Ramaiah, Now aged about 49 years, R/at Komanahalli Village, Kadaba Hobli, Gubbi Taluk, Tumakuru District. ...Appellant (By Sri Raghu R., Advocate) AND Karnataka State Road Transportation Corporation, Tumakuru Division, Represented by its Divisional Controller, A.N.Gajendrakumar, Near Vegetable Market, Madhugiri Road, Tumakuru-572101. …Respondent (By Sri G.Lakshmeesha Rao, Advocate) This MFA filed u/s 173(1) of MV Act against the judgment and award dated 01.04.2024 passed in MVC No.1006/2023 on the file of the Additional Senior Civil Judge and Additional MACT, Gubbi, partly allowing the claim petition for compensation and seeking enhancement of compensation. - 2 - This Appeal coming on for conciliation before National Lok Adalat, the following conciliation order is passed. CONCILIATION ORDER Learned counsel for the appellant-claimant and the representative of the respondent- Corporation and its counsel are present. 2. After prolonged negotiations, the matter is settled. A joint memo signed by the learned advocate appearing for the appellant/claimant (being authorized by the appellant/claimant to sign) and the learned advocate appearing for the respondent-Corporation and its authorized officer is filed. The appellant-claimant has agreed to receive and the respondent-Corporation has agreed to pay a lump-sum of Rs.1,10,000/- (Rupees One Lakh Ten Thousand), in addition to what has been awarded by the Tribunal, in full and final settlement of the claim. 3. The respondent-Corporation has agreed to deposit the said amount before the Tribunal within six weeks from the date of preparation of - 3 - award, failing which the said amount shall carry interest at the rate of 9% P.A. from the date of default, till the date of deposit. 4. The entire enhanced compensation amount shall be released in favour of the appellant/claimant, on proper identification. 5. This Miscellaneous First Appeal stands disposed of in terms of the joint memo. The judgment and award of the Tribunal shall stand modified accordingly. Draw up award accordingly. Sd/- JUDGE Sd/- MEMBER CKL CT: BL