Mr Keshav Natu Mhatre vs The Manager, New India Assurance Co Ltd on 23 December, 2010
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daiuh us mfpr :i ls nkok vLohdkj fd;k gSA mRrjoknh@ifjoknh dk
ifjokn fujLr fd;s tkus ;ksX; gSA
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04- mHk;i{kksa dh vksj ls izLrqr nLrkostksa ds ifj'khyu i'pkr~~ ftyk
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okys vf/koDrk Jh ih- ds- ikWy dk ;g rdZ gS fd mRrjoknh@ifjoknh us
tks vuqrks"k pkgk gS og ?kVuk fnukad&16-09-2010 ls lacaf/kr gS vkSj
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ftlds vuqlkj VªkaliksVZ Oghdy esa ,acqysl
a 'kkfey gS vkSj blfy, ,acqysl
a
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gksuk vko';d gS tc fd mRrjoknh@ifjoknh ds okgu pkyd ds ikl
bl izdkj dk dksbZ MªkbZfOgax ykbZlasl nq?kZVuk fnukad dks ugha FkkA
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ugha gSA
06- vihykFkhZ@vukosnd ba';ksjsal daiuh dh vksj ls Reginal
Manager, Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. & Another Vs. Pramod
Kumar Nahak 2013 (I) C.G.L.J. 1 (Chhattisgarh), Amit Kumar &
Anr. Vs. New India Assurance Co. Ltd. & Anr. I (2012) CPJ 256
(NC), NRrhlx<+ jkT; vk;ksx ds vihy dzekad&651/2010 Bajaj
Allianz General Insurance Co. Ltd. & Other Vs. Shivalaya Ispat &
Power Pvt. Ltd. Order Dated 26.04.2011, Keshav Natu Mahatre
Vs. New India Assurance Co. Ltd. & Others IV (2011) CPJ 135
(NC) rFkk Revision Pitition No. 2292/2006 Order Dated
13.11.2006 Manoj Agrawal Vs. Bajaj Allianz Genral Insurance
Co.dk voyacu fy;k gSA
07- mRrjoknh@ifjoknh dh vksj ls milatkr gksus okys vf/koDrk Jh
Mh- ds- FkokbZr dk ;g rdZ gS fd mRrjoknh@ifjoknh us ?kVuk
fnukad&16-09-2010 dh fjiksVZ Fkkus esa fd;k Fkk vkSj okgu nq?kZVukxzLr gks
xbZ Fkh vkSj VªsfQd izHkkfor gks jgk Fkk blfy, iz'kklu ds vkns'k ls
okgu dks gVok;k x;k Fkk vkSj vKkr yksxksa us ml ij vkx yxk fn;k
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ftldh fjiksVZ Fkkuk fdjUnqy esa fnukad&17-09-2010 dks gh fd;k x;k Fkk
vkSj mDr izFke lwpuk&i= esa iwoZ nq?kZVuk dk mYys[k fd;k x;k gS rFkk
vihykFkhZ@vukosnd ba';ksjsl
a daiuh us vius fyf[kr dFku esa fnukad&16-
09-2010 ds nq?kZVuk dh lwpuk feyus ds rF; dks Lohdkj fd;k gS vkSj
blls Li"V gS fd okgu nq?kZVukxzLr gqvk Fkk vkSj pwfa d okgu pykus dh
fLFkfr esa ugha Fkk blfy, okgu dks NksMk+ x;k Fkk] ;fn okgu pykus
yk;d fLFkfr esa gksrk rks iqfyl Fkkus esa fjiksVZ djus ds ckn iqfyl }kjk
tIrh dk;Zokgh dh xbZ gksrh vkSj blls Li"V gS fd okgu Fkkus rd ykus
dh fLFkfr esa ugha Fkk vkSj vkokxeu ckf/kr gks jgk Fkk blfy, iz'kklu ds
}kjk NRrhlx<+ Dyc ds fdukjs [kM+h dj nh xbZ Fkh vkSj tc jkf= esa
vKkr O;fDr;ksa us vkx yxk dj {kfr dkfjr fd;k gS ftldh Hkh lwpuk
vihykFkhZ@vukosnd ba';ksjsl
a daiuh dks nh xbZ FkhA Jh FkokbZr vf/koDrk
dk ;g Hkh rdZ gS fd Hkys gh ifjokn&i= esa fnukad&17-09-2010 dk Li"V
mYys[k ugha gS ijUrq ifjokn&i= esa Li"V mYys[k gS fd fnukad&17-09-
2010 vkSj fnukad&16-09-2010 dh fjiksVZ Fkkuk fdjUnqy esa dh xbZ Fkh vkSj
blds laca/k esa fnukad&21-09-2010 dks ba';ksjsl
a daiuh ds ikl nkok izLrqr
fd;k x;k Fkk vkSj ba';ksjsal daiuh us blh vk/kkj ij losZ;j fu;qDr fd;k
FkkA ,slh fLFkfr esa vihykFkhZ@vukosnd ba';ksjsal daiuh dk ;g dFku fd
?kVuk fnukad&17-09-2010 ds laca/k esa dksbZ vuqrks"k ugha pkgk gS] Lohdkj
;ksX; ugha gSA
08- Jh FkokbZr vf/koDrk dk ;g Hkh rdZ gS fd okgu pkyd ds ikl
LMV ,oa HGV okgu pykus dk MªkbZfOgax ykbZlasl Fkk vkSj tks O;fDr
Hkkjh eky okgu (HGV) pykus ds fy, ykbZlsal /kkj.k djrk gS og gYdk
eksVj ;ku (LTV) pykus ds fy, vf/kd`r gS vkSj dsoy bl dkj.k ls fd
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okgu ,acqysl ds :i esa py jgk Fkk] ;g ugha dgk tk ldrk fd pkyd
ccyw ds ikl oS/k ,oa izHkkoh MªkbZfOgax ykbZlsal ugha FkkA
09- Jh FkokbZr vf/koDrk dk ;g Hkh rdZ gS fd eksVj Oghdy ,DV]
1988] esa o"kZ 1994 esa la'kks/ku fd;k x;k gS vkSj ftlesa VªkaliksVZ OghdYl
esa jksM jksyj vkSj fofufnZ"V izdkj ds eksVj ;ku dks izfrLFkkfir fd; x;k
gS vkSj ,slh fLFkfr esa tks Hkkjh eky okgu pykus ds fy, ykbZlsl
a j[krk
gS og fofufnZ"V izdkj ds okgu dks Hkh pyk ldrk gS vkSj ,slh fLFkfr esa
okgu pkyd ccyw ds ikl ,acqysal pykus ds fy, oS/k ,oa izHkkoh ykbZlal
s
Fkk rFkk ftyk Qksje us tks vkns'k ikfjr fd;k gS og iw.kZr% mfpr gS vkSj
mlesa fdlh izdkj ls gLr{ksi dh vko';drk ugha gSA vr% vihykFkhZ@
vukosnd ba';ksjsal daiuh dh vihy fujLr fd;k tkosA
10- mRrjoknh@ifjoknh dh vksj ls Revision Petition No.
2501/2011 Shivalaya Ispat & Power Pvt. Ltd. Vs. Bajaj Allianz
General Insurance Co. Ltd. & Others Order Dated 21.08.2013, ,l-
b;~~;iu fo:} ;wukbVsM bf.M;k ba';ksjsUl da- fy- ,oa ,d vU; 2013 ¼3½
,lhlhMh 1337 ¼mPpre U;k;ky;½ ,oa Bajaj Alliance General
Insurance Co. Ltd. Vs. Ashok Kumar Dhruv 2013 (3) C.G.L.J. 332
ds U;k; n`"Vkar dk voyacu fy;k gSA
11- bl izdj.k esa geus mHk;i{k ds fo}ku vf/koDrkvksa dk rdZ Jo.k
fd;k rFkk ftyk Qksje ds vfHkys[k dk ifj'khyu fd;kA
// 9 //
12- bl izdj.k esa vihykFkhZ@vukosnd ba';ksjsal daiuh us vihy
dzekad&651/2010 Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co. Ltd. & Other
Vs. Shivalaya Ispat & Power Pvt. Ltd. Order Dated 26.04.2011 dk
voyacu fy;k gS ijUrq ekuuh; jk"Vªh; vk;ksx }kjk Revision Petition
No. 2501/2011 Shivalaya Ispat & Power Pvt. Ltd. Vs. Bajaj Allianz
General Insurance Co. Ltd. & Others Order Dated 21.08.2013 ds
}kjk bl vk;ksx }kjk ikfjr vkns'k dks fujLr dj fn;k gS vkSj ftyk
Qksje }kjk ikfjr vkns'k dh iqf"V fd;k gSA QyLo:i
vihykFkhZ@vukosnd ba';ksjsl
a daiuh us tks Bajaj Allianz General
Insurance Co. Ltd. & Other Vs. Shivalaya Ispat & Power Pvt. Ltd.
Order Dated 26.04.2011 okys U;k; n``"Vkar dk voyacu fy;k gS og
ekuuh; jk"Vªh; vk;ksx }kjk fujLr dj fn;k x;k gSA
13- ifjokn&i= ds ifj'khyu ls ;g izdV gksrk gS fd mRrjoknh@
ifjoknh us vius ifjokn&i= esa ?kVuk ds lac/a k esa nks frfFk dk mYys[k
fd;k gS ftlesa ,d frfFk&16-09-2010 ,oa nwljh frfFk&17-09-2011 vafdr
dj fn;k gS ijUrq tks izFke lwpuk&i= dzekad&66@2010 fnukad&17-09-
2010 izLrqr fd;k x;k gS mlesa okgu esa vkx yxus dh ?kVuk
fnukad&17-09-2010 crk;k x;k gS rFkk vihykFkhZ@vukosnd ba';ksjsal
daiuh us Hkh vius fyf[kr dFku esa fnukad&17-09-2010 ds ?kVuk dh
lwpuk izkIr gksus ds lac/a k esa Lohdkj fd;k gS vkSj blls ,slk izrhr gksrk
gS fd Vad.k =qfVo'k fnukad&17-09-2010 dh txg fnukad&17-09-2011
Vafdr gks x;k gSA
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14- vihykFkhZ@vukosnd ba';ksjsl
a daiuh us vius fyf[kr dFku esa
Lohdkj fd;k gS fd mlus iwoZ esa Jh lrh'k dkR;k;u dks ,oa rRi'pkr~~
Jh lh- ,e- 'kekZ dks losZ;j ,oa ykWl vlslj ds :i esa fu;qDr fd;k Fkk
rFkk losZ;j ,oa ykWl vlslj Jh lh- ,e- 'kekZ us vius losZ;j fjiksVZ
nLrkost dzekad&7 lh izLrqr fd;k gS ftlesa {kfr dk ewY;kadu
3]98]000@&¼rhu yk[k vaBkucs gtkj :i;s½ fd;k gS vkSj lkYost dk
ewY;kadu 1]50]000@&¼,d yk[k ipkl gtkj :i;s½ fd;k gS vkSj lkYost
ykWl csfll ds vk/kkj ij 2]48]000@&¼nks yk[k vM+rkyhl gtkj :i;s½
{kfr dk vkadyu fd;k gSA
15- In the case of The New India Assurance Co. Ltd. Through its
Assistant Manager, Vidhi Prakosth v Vinay Kumar Pandey, 2014 (1)
CPR 5 (NC), Hon'ble National Commission observed thus :-