Bombay High Court
RELIANCE GENERAL INSURANCE CO.versusVAISHALI VIJAYKUMAR PATIL AND ORS
- Disposal
- DISPOSED OFF
- Bench
- LOK ADALAT
Holding
The court held that the insurer's withdrawal of the first appeals and acceptance of the Tribunal awards warrants the disposal of all the appeals.
Summary
The Special Lok Adalat of the High Court of Bombay, Aurangabad bench, considered a batch of first appeals filed by Reliance General Insurance Co. against various claimants in motor accident claim matters. The court condoned the delay in filing and recorded the insurer's email instruction to withdraw all the appeals. It noted that the insurer had accepted the awards of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal and that the compensation amounts, along with accrued interest, had been deposited with the court registry. Accordingly, the court permitted the claimants to withdraw the deposited amounts and ordered that the first appeals be disposed of. The award was to be drawn up, the insurer was to inform the claimants of the withdrawal, and any refund of court fees would be processed as per law.
Issues considered
- Whether the delay in filing the first appeals can be condoned under the procedural rules of the Lok Adalat.
- Whether the insurer's withdrawal of the first appeals results in the disposal of those appeals.
- Whether the claimants are entitled to withdraw the compensation amounts deposited with the court registry along with accrued interest.
Legislation cited
Subjects
- Lok Adalat
- withdrawal of appeal
- motor accident claim
- compensation
- condonation of delay
- court fees
- Legal Services Authorities Act
Judgment
(1)
47-FA-2886-16.odt
BEFORE THE SPECIAL LOK ADALAT
AT HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD
HELD ON 29th MARCH, 2026
Organized by High Court Legal Services Sub-Committee, Aurangabad
under section 19, of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 (Central Act)
47 FIRST APPEAL NO. 2886 OF 2016
RELIANCE GENERAL INSURANCE CO. THR ITS MANAGER
VERSUS
SANGEETA BALAJI INGOLE AND OTHERS
...
48 FIRST APPEAL NO. 3140 OF 2016
RELIANCE GENERAL INSURANCE CO. THR ITS MANAGER
VERSUS
KALINDA BAPURAO KENDRE AND OTHERS
…
49 FIRST APPEAL NO. 3781 OF 2016
RELIANCE GENERAL INSURANCE CO.
VERSUS
VAISHALI VIJAYKUMAR PATIL AND ORS
…
50 FIRST APPEAL NO. 125 OF 2018
RELIANCE GENERAL INSURANCE CO. LTD., THR ITS MANAGER,
AURANGABAD
VERSUS
SAVITA SANDIP SHINDE AND ORS
…
53 FIRST APPEAL NO. 2413 OF 2020
THE RELIANCE GENERAL INSURANCE CO. LTD., THR ITS LEGAL
OFFICER, AURANGABAD
VERSUS
SURESH PANDHARINATH PAWAR AND ANR
…
WITH X-OBJECTION NO. 60 OF 2022 IN FA/2413/2020
SURESH PANDHARINATH PAWAR
VERSUS
ALI AHAMAD HYADALI CHAUDHARI AND ANR
…
(2)
47-FA-2886-16.odt
54 CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 7719 OF 2019 IN FAST/18092/2019
WITH CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 7718 OF 2019 IN FAST/18092/2019
RELIANCE GENERAL INSURANCE CO., THR ITS MANAGER,
AURANGABAD
VERSUS
USHA NARAYAN NIKAM AND OTHERS
...
Advocate for Appellant/Applicant-Insurance Company: Mr. R.H. Dahat
...
HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE
(Head of the Panel)
SHRI. S. G. SHETE
(Retd. District Judge)
SHRI. A. M. PHULE, (Advocate)
(Member)
...
ORDER
1. Heard. The delay is condoned. Civil Application No.7718 of
2019 in FAST/18092/2019 stands disposed of. First appeal be
registered.
2. Learned Advocate Mr. R. H. Dahat, on authority, is present. The
appellant-Insurance Company has placed on record instruction for
withdrawal by e-mail, in all these matters, issued in the name of
Mr. Dahat, Advocate. The same are taken on record and marked as
‘X’, for identification.
3. The appellant has accepted the awards passed by the Motor
Accident Claims Tribunal, Aurangabad, in all these Motor Accident
Claim Petitions.
(3)
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4. Learned Advocate for the appellants submitted that the amounts
of compensation have been deposited with the Registry of this Court.
As such, the respective claimants are permitted to withdraw the
amounts of compensation along with accrued interest thereon till date
as per directions of the concerned Tribunal, without further reference
to the order of this Court.
5. In view of the same, all these First Appeals stand disposed of.
Pending Civil Application/s and X-objection/s, if any, also stand
disposed of.
6. The award be drawn up accordingly.
7. The appellant-Insurance Company undertakes to communicate
the withdrawal of First Appeals to the claimants and their Advocate.
8. In all these matters, the request of refund of Court fees shall be
processed by the office in accordance with law.
(A. M. PHULE) (S. G. SHETE) (SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE, J.)
MEMBER RETD. DISTRICT JUDGE HEAD OF THE PANEL
Date: 29.03.2026
Place: Aurangabad
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