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2025:CGHC:60821
NATIONAL LOK ADALAT HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR Judge- Lok Adalat : Hon’ble Shri Arvind Kumar Verma, Member -Lok Adalat : Shri Sunil Otwani, Senior Advocatev MAC No. 370 of 2024 1 - Ashwani Kumar Patre S/o Premdas Patre, Aged About 55 Years R/o Village-Dagauri, Police Station-Bilha, District-Bilaspur (Cg)
... Appellant versus 1 - Navin Sharma S/o Suresh Sharma, Aged About 29 Years R/o Mohammad Bashir Khan, Ward Mungeli, Police Station- Kotwali, Mungeli, District-Mungeli (Cg) (Driver And Owner Of The Vehicle) 2 - I.C.I.C.I. Lombard General Insurance Company Limited, Through Branch Manager, Branch Office-Ground Floor, Vanijya Bhawan, Devendra Nagar Road, Raipur, District-Raipur (C.G.) (Insurer Of Vehicle)
... Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Anand Kesharwani, Advocate For Respondent(s) : Mr. Shekhar Rao Saheb Amin, Advocate
2 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.2/ Insurance Company Limited shall pay Rs. 1,00,000/- by way of compensation in addition to the amount awarded by the Learned Tribunal to the appellants 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.
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(Arvind Kumar Verma) (Sunil Otwani) Judge -Lok Adalat Member – Lok Adalat High Court of Chhattisgarh High Court of Chhattisgarh Bilaspur Bilaspur Madhurima