Bombay High Court
NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO. LTD., THR ITS DIV. MANAGER, AURANGABADversusSHIVAJI MANIKRAO KINGRE AND ORS
- Disposal
- DISPOSED OFF
- Bench
- LOK ADALAT
Holding
The court held that the withdrawal of the first appeals is permissible, leading to their disposal, and the claimants may withdraw the deposited compensation as directed by the tribunals.
Summary
The New India Assurance Co. Ltd., through its branch manager, filed first appeals against awards of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Beed, in two motor accident claim petitions. The insurer later submitted withdrawal letters, accepting the tribunal awards and stating that compensation amounts had been deposited with the court registry. The court noted that claimants could withdraw the compensation with accrued interest as per tribunal directions, without further reference to the court. Accordingly, the court disposed of both first appeals and any pending civil applications, ordered the award to be drawn up, and directed the insurer to inform claimants and process court fee refunds. The order was made under the authority of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, section 19.
Issues considered
- Whether an appellant may withdraw a first appeal after accepting the award of a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal
- Effect of withdrawal of an appeal on any pending civil applications in the same matter
- Whether claimants are entitled to withdraw deposited compensation and accrued interest without further court intervention
Legislation cited
Subjects
- insurance
- motor accident claim
- withdrawal of appeal
- compensation
- legal services authority
- court fee refund
Judgment
2026:BHC-AUG:15657
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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)
…
23 FIRST APPEAL NO. 1052 OF 2022
WITH CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 7188 OF 2022 IN FA/1052/2022
THE NEW INDIA ASSURNCE COMPANY LTD THROUGH BRANCH
MANAGER
VERSUS
TAI SANTRAM SHINDE
…
24 FIRST APPEAL NO. 4098 OF 2022
NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO. LTD., THR ITS DIV. MANAGER AURANGABAD
VERSUS
SHIVAJI MANIKRAO KINGRE AND OTHERS
...
Advocate for Appellant : Mr. Sudhir V. Kulkarni
...
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. Learned Advocate Mr. S. V. Kulkarni for the appellant and Mr. Sandesh
Kamalakar and Mr. Dinesh Bankar, authorized signatories of the appellant-
Insurance company, are present.
2. The appellant-insurance company has placed on record withdrawal
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pursis and authority letter dated 25.03.2026 in the name of aforesaid
respective authorized signatories. The same are taken on record and marked
as Exhibit- ‘X’ and ‘X-1’, for identification, in both the matters.
3. The appellant has accepted the awards passed by the concerned Motor
Accident Claims Tribunal, Beed, in Motor Accident Claim Petitions Nos.55 of
2014 and 111 of 2008.
4. Learned Advocate for the appellant 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 the
directions of the concerned Tribunals, without further reference to the order
of this Court.
5. In view of the withdrawal pursis, both First Appeals stand disposed of.
Pending Civil Application/s, if any, also stand/s 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. The request of refund of Court fees shall be processed by the office in
accordance with law, in both the matters.
(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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