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2025:CGHC:60790
NAFR NATIONAL LOK ADALAT HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR Judge- Lok Adalat : Hon’ble Shri Arvind Kumar Verma, Member - Lok Adalat : Shri Sunil Otwani, Senior Advocate MAC No. 1409 of 2024 1 - Laxmi Baghel W/o. Ishwar, D/o. Late Chandar Baghel Aged About 24 Years R/o. Pathraguda, Chandrashekhar Azad Ward, Jagdalpur, District Bastar (C.G.) 2 - Ashish Baghel S/o. Ishwar Aged About 6 Years R/o. Pathraguda, Chandrashekhar Azad Ward, Jagdalpur, District Bastar (C.G.) 3 - Ku. Dipa Baghel D/o. Ishwar Aged About 4 Years Appellant No. 2 And 3 Are Minor Through Appellant No. 1 Laxmi Baghel (Mother) R/o. Pathraguda, Chandrashekhar Azad Ward, Jagdalpur, District Bastar (C.G.)
... Appellants versus 1 - Jhiluram Kashyap S/o. Sondhar Kashyap Aged About 32 Years R/o. Village- Totar, Tahsil Lohandiguda, P.S. Badanji, District Bastar (C.G.) (Driver) 2 - Viseshvar Rao S/o. Late Appa Rao Aged About 39 Years R/o. Pathraguda, Jagdalpur P.S. Kotwali, District Bastar (C.G.) (Owner) 3 - Branch Manager, Shriram General India Insurance Company Limited Branch Office- Maruti Heights, Mahoba Bazar, Raipur, District Raipur (C.G.) (Insurer) ---- Respondents
2 For Appellants : Shri Pravin Kumar Tulsyan, Advocate For Respondent No.3 : Shri Sangeet Kumar Kushwaha, Advocate AWARD (Passed on 13.12.2025)
1. The contesting parties to this appeal have amicably settled/compromised the dispute, which is subject matter of this 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. We accordingly accept the compromise/settlement, proposed by the parties and order that the Respondent No.3/Insurance Company shall pay Rs.3,50,000/- by way of compensation in addition to the amount awarded by the learned Tribunal to the appellant within 60 days from today. In case the amount is not paid within stipulated time then the interest @ 6% per annum from the date of passing of this compromise award shall also be payable till its realization.
2. Copy of this award should be provided free of cost to the parties immediately. All other terms and conditions, if any, shall remain same as per the order passed by the Tribunal. Sd/- Sd/-
(Arvind Kumar Verma) (Sunil Otwani) Judge -Lok Adalat Member – Lok Adalat High Court of Chhattisgarh High Court of Chhattisgarh Bilaspur Bilaspur Vasant