IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN THURSDAY, THE 24TH SEPTEMBER 2009 / 2ND ASWINA 1931 WP(C).No. 9525 of 2009(I) ------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ------------------------- OMANA CYRIAC, AGED 52 YEARS, W/O. LATE CYRIAC MATHEW, 'VELLARINGATTU HOUSE', KUVAPALLY P.O., THODUPUZHA, IDUKKI DISTRICT. BY ADVS. MR.A.JAYASANKAR, MR.MANU GOVIND. RESPONDENT(S): --------------------------- 1. THE LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY ITS SENIOR DIVISIONAL MANAGER, KOTTAYAM DIVISION, 'JEEVAN PRAKASH', P.B.NO.609, NAGAMPADOM, KOTTAYAM-1. 2. THE MANAGER (CLAIMS), THE LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA, KOTTAYAM DIVISION, 'JEEVAN PRAKASH', P.B.NO.609, NAGAMPADOM, KOTTAYAM-1. 3. THE BRANCH MANAGER, THE LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA, THODUPUZHA BRANCH, THODUPUZHA, IDUKKI DISTRICT. R1 TOR3 BY ADV. SRI.LAL GEORGE THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 24/09/2009,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: Kss WPC.NO.9525/2009 I APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: P1: COPY OF LETTER DTD.19/11/05 ISSUED BY THE 3RD RESPONDENT. P2: COPY OF CERTIFICATE DTD. 20/03/08 ISSUED BY THE SI OF POLICE, KANJAR POLICE STATION TO THE PETITIONER. P3: COPY OF COMMUNICATION DTD. 29/04/08 ISSUED BY THE 3RD RESPONDENT TOTHE PETITIONER. P4: COPY OF LETTER DTD. 12/05/08 ISSUED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT TO THE PETITIONER. P5: COPY OF THE REPRESENTATION DTD. 06/01/09 TO THE 2ND RESPONDENT. P6: COPY OF COMMUNICATION DTD. 10/02/09 FROM THE 3RD RESPONDENT TO THE PETITIONER. P7: COPY OF BROCHURE ON JEEVAN ANAND BY LIC. RESPONDENT'S EXHIBITS: N I L /TRUE COPY/ P.S.TO JUDGE Kss P.N.RAVINDRAN ==================== W.P. © No.9525 of 2009 – I ==================== Dated 24th September, 2009 JUDGMENT Heard Sri.A.Jayasankar, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and Sri.Lal George, the learned standing counsel appearing for the respondents. 2. The petitioner is the wife of late Cyriac Mathew. The car in which they were travelling met with an accident on 11.6.2005. The petitioner’s husband succumbed to the injuries sustained by him. The petitioner’s husband had taken a life insurance policy popularly known as ‘Jeevan Anand’ by which, besides the sum assured, the estate of the deceased is also entitled to payment of an additional amount, which is commercially known as ‘Double Accident Benefit’. The grievance voiced by the petitioner is that though the sum assured was paid, the additional benefit was not given. In this writ petition, the petitioner seeks a direction to the respondents to disburse the double accident benefit under the policy of insurance standing in the name of her late husband. 3. When this writ petition came up for hearing today, Sri.Lal George, the learned counsel appearing for the respondents on instructions submitted W.P.(C) No.9525/2009 -:2:- that the Life Insurance Corporation of India will pay to the petitioner the additional benefit payable under the policy in question. In the light of the said submission, the petitioner cannot have any surviving grievance. I accordingly dispose of this writ petition recording the undertaking made on behalf of the Life Insurance Corporation of India and with the direction that the additional benefits payable to the petitioner under the policy referred to in this writ petition shall be disbursed within three weeks from the date on which the petitioner produces a certified copy of this judgment before the second respondent. P.N.RAVINDRAN Judge vaa