1 2025:CGHC:11624 HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR NATIONAL LOK ADALAT Judge - Lok Adalat : Hon'ble Mr. Justice Narendra Kumar Vyas Member - Lok Adalat : Mr. Ashok Kumar Verma, Advocate MAC No. 2084 of 2024 1 - Neera Verma Wd/o Late Shri Ramswarup Verma Aged About 27 Years R/o House No. 42, Ward No.3, Acholi District- Khairagarh- Chhuikhadan- Gandai ( C.G.). Appellant Claimants. 1 2 - Trisha Verma D/o Late Shri Ramswarup Verma Aged About 3 Years Minors Through- Guardian ( Mother ) Smt. Neera Verma Wd/o Late Shri Ramswarup Verma Aged About 27 Years R/o House No. 42, Ward No.3, Acholi District- Khairagarh- Chhuikhadan- Gandai ( C.G.). Appellant Claimants. 2 3 - Digesh Verma, S/o Late Shri Ramswarup Verma Aged About 3 Manths Minors Through- Guardian ( Mother ) Smt. Neera Verma Wd/o Late Shri Ramswarup Verma Aged About 27 Years R/o House No. 42, Ward No.3, Acholi District- Khairagarh- Chhuikhadan- Gandai ( C.G.). Appellant Claimants 3 4 - Manvi Verma D/o Late Shri Ramswarup Verma Aged About 5 Years Minors Through- Guardian ( Mother ) Smt. Neera Verma Wd/o Late Shri Ramswarup Verma Aged About 27 Years R/o House No. 42, Ward No.3, Acholi District- Khairagarh- Chhuikhadan- Gandai ( C.G.). Appellant Claimants 4 5 - Fuleshwari Verma D/o Sawant Verma Aged About 53 Years R/o House No. 42, Ward No.3, Acholi District- Khairagarh- Chhuikhadan- Gandai ( C.G.). Appellant Claimants. 5 6 - Kamlesh Verma S/o Ramsingh Verma Aged About 56 Years R/o House No. 42, Ward No.3, Acholi District- Khairagarh- Chhuikhadan- Gandai ( C.G.). Appellant Claimants. 6 ... Appellants versus BHUMIKA ANGARE Digitally signed by BHUMIKA ANGARE Date: 2025.03.10 11:29:45 +0530 2 1 - Amjat Khan S/o Samsuddin Khan Aged About 39 Years R/o Gram Daldali, Thana Govindpur Kila, District- Anwaad ( Jharkhand ) Respondent ( Driver ) 2 - Niranjan Singh S/o Awadhesh Singh Aged About 52 Years R/o G- 64, Shri Ram Vatika, Teacher's Colony Raipur, Thana Tatibandh, District- Raipur ( C.G.). ( Owner ) 3 - Branch Manager National Insurance Company Ltd., Branch Office- New Bus Stand, Tehsil And District- Rajnandgaon ( C.G.). ( Insurer) Respondents ... Respondents For Appellants : Mr. Virendra Vaishnav, Advocate For Ins. Comp. : Mr. Praveen Kumar Tulsyan, Advocate. AWARD (Passed on 08.03.2025) 1. The contesting parties to this appeal have amicably settled/compromised the dispute which is subject matter of the appeal, voluntarily. We have also found that the terms and conditions of compromise/settlement arrived at between the contesting parties are just, proper and legal. There is no legal impediment to compromise and hence are acceptable. 2. We accordingly accept the compromise/settlement proposed by the parties and order that respondent/Insurance Company shall pay Rs. 5,00,000/- (Rupees Five Lac only) by way of compensation in addition to the amount awarded by the learned Tribunal to the appellants within 60 days from today, otherwise interest @ 9% per annum from today shall also be payable till its realization of the additional amount of compensation. 3. It is directed that total enhanced amount of Rs. 5,00,000/- shall be paid to the claimants/appellants through transfer of fund in their bank account. 3 4. It is directed that the share of minor, if any, shall be kept in the form of fixed deposit in any Nationalized bank which would be renewable and would be payable on attaining the age of majority, as awarded by the tribunal. 5. A copy of the docket (compromise arrived at between the parties) be sent to the Claims Tribunal along with its record, if any, and a copy of the award passed today, forthwith. Sd/- (Narendra Kumar Vyas) Judge- Lok Adalat High Court of Chhattisgarh Bilaspur Sd/- (Ashok Kumar Verma) Member- Lok Adalat High Court of Chhattisgarh Bilaspur Bhumika