Cholamandalam Ms General Insurance ... vs The Inspector Of Police on 12 September, 2017
No wonder, this Court, vide dated 20/7/2015 in Royal Sundaram Alliance Ins Co. Ltd. vs E Priya (CMA No. 1298/2015) and in Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. vs. Rajesh (CMA No. 428/2016 dated 11/3/2016), has mandated the use of Digital transfer or NEFT/RTGS transfer of compensation payable by insurance companies and transportations to be deposited into the accounts of the courts directly and also disbursement of compensation to claimants/victims also by a similar transfer to their bank accounts. The claimants are required to furnish as part of the claim documents, their bank account details and even PAN Card and Aadhaar details (where they are possessed of it) and this enables Direct Bank Transfer to the accounts of the claimants/victims. The claimants/victims get to handle the compensation sums by themselves and exercise full control of it, without fear of leakage which was rampant in this jurisdiction. In fact, this Court feels that be it a motor accident claim or a land acquisition claim or even a matrimonial dispute or any litigation involving the need for deposit and disbursement, time may have come to digitize the operations for easy and smooth transfer and an open, transparent regime. Sunlight, they say, is the sure and certain disinfectant. It may be a fit and proper circumstance for the Honble Chief Justice and Court administration to come up with a comprehensive directive for implementing this Direct Benefit or Bank transfer regime, across all jurisdictions involving and requiring similar deposit of sums and disbursement of it akin to motor accident claim jurisdiction and also expedite the E-court Fee regime and possibly an E filing of cases too. This suggestion is placed with utmost respect before the Honble Chief Justice for appropriate consideration.