Rajesh Tyagi & Ors. vs Jaibir Singh & Ors. on 8 January, 2021
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
Signature Not Verified FAO 842/2003 Page 15 of 62
Digitally signed by:RAJENDER
SINGH KARKI
Signing Date:13.01.2021
18:54:39
documents, their bank account details and even PAN
Card and (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 Hon'ble 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 Hon'ble Chief
Justice for appropriate consideration.