1 2025:CGHC:21941 NAFR NATIONAL LOK ADALAT Dated - 10 th May, 2025 HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MAC No. 1729 of 2023 1 - Sunita Kushwaha W/o Late Lalu Prasad Kushwaha Aged About 26 Years Resident Of Village Syahi, Post- Karamdiha, Police Station- Basantpur, Tahsil- Wadrafnagar, District- Balrampur-Ramanujganj (C.G.) At Present Address C/o Shri Ramvriksh Kushwaha Shri Jagdish Kushwaha, Resident Of Sarhari, Tahsil- Pratappur, District Surajpur (C.G.) (Claimant) 2 - Ku. Garima Kushwaha D/o Late Lalu Prasad Kushwaha Aged About 2 Years 6 Months, Minor Represented Through Mother Sunita Kushwaha W/o Late Lalu Prasad Kushwaha, Aged About 26 Years Resident Of Village Syahi, Post- Karamdiha, Police Station- Basantpur, Tahsil- Wadrafnagar, District- Balrampur- Ramanujganj (C.G.) At Present Address C/o Shri Ramvriksh Kushwaha Shri Jagdish Kushwaha, Resident Of Sarhari, Tahsil- Pratappur, District Surajpur (C.G.) (Claimant) ... appellants versus 1 - Lalmani Prasad S/o Shri Gopal Prasad Caste- Dhobi, Resident Of Village And Post- Salwahi, Police Chowki- Dindo, Police Station - Trikunda, District- Balrampur (C.G.) (Vehicle Driver) 2 - Nishar Ahmed Khan S/o Shri Rafi Ahmed Khan Resident Of E.W.S.M.P.H.B. Ward No. 15, Bhilai, Post- Bhilai, District- Durg (C.G.) (Vehicle Driver) 3 - United India Insurance Company Limited Branch Office Bramha Road, Near Ram Mandir, Ambikapur, District- Surguja (C.G.) (Insurance Company) 4 - Sabhapati Kushwaha S/o Harakhram Kushwaha Aged About 65 Years Resident Of Village- Syahi, Post- Karamdiha, Police Station- Basantpur, Tahsil- Wadrafnagar, District- Balrampur-Ramanujganj (C.G.) 5 - Saraswati Kushwaha W/o Sabhapati Kushwaha Aged About 62 Years Resident Of Village- Syahi, Post- Karamdiha, Police Station- Basantpur, Tahsil- Wadrafnagar, District- Balrampur-Ramanujganj (C.G.) SAGRIKA AGRAWAL Digitally signed by SAGRIKA AGRAWAL Date: 2025.05.15 10:13:34 +0530 2 ... Respondent(s) For Appellants : Mr. Sangeet Kumar Kushwaha, Advocate For Insurance Co : G. V. K. Rao, Advocate AWARD (PASSED ON 10.05.2025) 1. Parties have filed a compromise petition. 2. Both the parties have entered into a compromise. The Insurance Company has agreed to pay an additional amount of Rs. 6,50,000/-(Rs. Six Lakhs Fifty Thousand) over and above the amount awarded by the Tribunal. The Insurance Company has also agreed to deposit the said amount within a period of 60 days from today failing which the said amount shall carry an interest @ 6% per annum till payment. 3. Accordingly and in the light of the offer and acceptance given by both the parties, the instant appeal is disposed of and the impugned award passed by the Claims Tribunal is modified and amount of compensation is enhanced to the extent that the Insurance Company shall pay an additional amount of Rs. 6,50,000/-(Rs. Six Lakhs Fifty Thousand) as compensation in addition to the amount already awarded by the Claims Tribunal, within a period of 60 days from today, failing which the said amount shall carry interest @ 6% per annum from today till its payment. 4. The appeal is accordingly disposed of. Sd/- Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) (M.P.S. Bhatia) Judge -Lok Adalat Member- Lok Adalat High Court of Chhattisgarh High Court of Chhattisgarh Bilaspur Bilaspur sagrika