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2025:CGHC:60796
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. 914 of 2023 1 - Smt. Gangi Madkam Wd/o Late Fagnu Madkam, Aged About 27 Years R/o. Toynar, Village Pakhnaar, Tahsil Darbha District Bastar Chhattisgarh 2 - Paalo Madkam S/o. Late Fagnu Madkam, Aged About 15 Years R/o. Toynar, Village Pakhnaar, Tahsil Darbha District Bastar Chhattisgarh Claimant No. 2 To 5 Are Minor Through Claimant No. 1 Smt. Gangi Madkam (Mother) 3 - Maali Madkam, S/o. Late Fagnu Madkam. Aged About 8 Years R/o. Toynar, Village Pakhnaar, Tahsil Darbha District Bastar Chhattisgarh Claimant No. 2 To 5 Are Minor Through Claimant No. 1 Smt. Gangi Madkam (Mother) 4 - Ku. Laxmi Madkam D/o. Late Fagnu Madkam, Aged About 6 Years R/o. Toynar, Village Pakhnaar, Tahsil Darbha District Bastar Chhattisgarh Claimant No. 2 To 5 Are Minor Through Claimant No. 1 Smt. Gangi Madkam (Mother) 5 - Dora Madkam S/o. Late Hunga Madkam, Aged About 57 Years R/o. Toynar, Village Pakhnaar, Tahsil Darbha District Bastar Chhattisgarh Claimant No. 2 To 5 Are Minor Through Claimant No. 1 Smt. Gangi Madkam (Mother)
... Appellants versus
2 1 - Shivnath Yadav S/o. Sukhram Yadav Aged About 27 Years R/o. Devapara, Village Pakhnaar, Tahsil Darbha District Bastar Chhattisgarh -- Driver 2 - Yogesh Rathore, S/o. Dashru Rahtore, R/o. Kanker, Presently Residing Village Pakhnaar, Tahsil Darbha District Bastar Chhattisgarh Shivnath Yadav S/o. Sukhram Yadav's House -- Owner 3 - Shriram General Insurance Company, Through Branch Manager, Branch Office - Ricco Industrial Area Sitapura, Jaipur, Rajsthan -- Insurance Co. --
---- Respondents For Appellants : Shri Pravin Kumar Tulsyan, Advocate For Respondent No.3 : Shri P.R. Patankar, 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. 25,00,000/- (Twenty Five Lakh) by way of compensation in addition to the amount awarded by the learned Tribunal to the appellant without any interest within 60 days from today.
In case the amount is not paid within stipulated time then the interest @ 6% per annum from the
3 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