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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 HON9BLE MR. JUSTICE SREENIVAS HARISH KUMAR & SRI M.N.UMASHANKAR, MEMBER
M.F.A.NO. 7849 OF 2024 (MV) (Lok Adalat No. 528/2025)
BETWEEN
1. Nagarathna
W/o Late K.Rangaswamy,
D/o Basappa, Age 59 years,
2. Tulasi Bheemesh
W/o A.H.Bheemappa, Age 33 years
R/o No.108, Behind Durugambika Temple,
Nituvalli, Davanagere-577004.
3. Jayalakshmi D.R.,
D/o Swamy K.R.,
Aged about 31 years,
4. Padmini
D/o Rangaswamy K.,
Aged about 29 years,
Appellants No.1, 3 and 4 are
R/o Dindadahalli Village,
Mayakonda Hobli, Davanagere
Taluk and District.
Now R/o K.B.Extension, 1st Cross,
Chitradurga-577501. ...Appellants
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(By Sri R.Shashidhara, Advocate)
AND
1. Bheemappa, S/o Madivalappa,
Age Major, Owner of Innova
Car Bearing No. KA-16B-3835, R/o No. 438/3, 2nd Main 17th Cross, KTJ Nagar, Davanagere-577002.
2. The Manager,
Bajaj General Insurance Company Limited,
TBR Towers, Adjacent to Jain College, New Mission Road, Bengaluru - 560078. &Respondents (By Sri B.Pradeep, Advocate for R2)
This MFA filed u/s 173(1) of MV Act against the judgment and award dated 09.05.2024 passed in MVC No.710/2021 on the file of the I Additional Senior Civil Judge and JMFC, MACT- IV, Chitradurga, partly allowing the claim petition for compensation and seeking enhancement of compensation.
This Appeal coming on for conciliation before National Lok Adalat, the following conciliation order is passed.
CONCILIATION ORDER
Learned counsel appearing for the appellants- claimants is present. Learned counsel appearing for the second respondent3insurance company along with its representative are present.
2. After prolonged negotiations, the matter is settled. A joint memo signed by the learned advocate appearing for the appellants/claimants
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(being authorized by the appellants/claimants to sign) and the learned advocate appearing for the second respondent-insurance company and its authorized officer is filed. The appellants-claimants have agreed to receive and the second respondent- insurance company has agreed to pay a lump-sum of Rs.3,00,000/- (Rupees Three Lakhs), in addition to what has been awarded by the Tribunal, in full and final settlement of the claim.
3. The second respondent-insurance company has agreed to deposit the said amount before the Tribunal within six weeks from the date of preparation of 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 shall be released in favour of the appellants/claimants on proper identification in terms of the apportionment made by the Claims Tribunal.
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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