^-- ^v^y,v°* HiGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR Sinale Bench : Hon'bie Shri DIJJD Raosaheb Deshmukh. J. ..N Q; ^ r" AppelSant (Non-appilcant No,3) Respondenls (Applicant) {N_onaapp!JcaritNo.1) (Non"appiicantNo.2i 3. M.A:C.No. 164/2006 Nationai insurance Company Limited, Through Branch Manager, Branch Office, Vyapar Vihar Road, Taha Compiex, Bilaspur (CG) Versus Thanu Ram Markam, S/o Late Govind Markam, aged 23 years, R/o Binauri, & Post Office Kathakoni, Tahsi!& P.S. Takhtpur, Distt. BiSaspur(CG) Prahiad Sriwas, S/o ;Khorbahra Sriwas, aged 36 years, R/o Viliage Ameri, Tahsii- Takhatpur, P.S. Chakarbhata, Distt. Bilaspur (CG) Amaneet Singh Bhagas, S/o Niranjan Singh (dead) Legai Representafives:- (A) Smt Gurmeet Kaur, Wd/o Late Amarjeet Sjngh, aged npt known. (B) Harmeet Kaur, D/o Late Amarjeet Si'ngh^aged about 21 years. (C) Harspai Singh, S/o Late Amarjeet Singh, agsd about 2 Syears (D) Niranjan Singh Bhagat, S/o Late Amarjeet Singh, aged about 75 years (E) Smt Surmeet Kaur, W/o Niranjan Singh Bhagat.aged about 70 years A!I are R/o 27 Kholi Chowk, Bllaspur, P.S. Civii Lines, Tah & Distt. Bilaspur (CG) Aspeai under Sectlon 173 ofthe MotorVehJdes Act. 1988 Present: Shri Dashrath Gupta, counsel for the appeljant None appears for respondent No.1 though sen/ed. Shri M.K. Bhaduri, counsei forthe respondent No,2. Ms. Sangeeta Mishra, counsel for respondent No.3 (A) to (E). 0_RA_L_0_RD_ER (Passed on 19-09-2008) During the course of the arguments, an amicabte settiement was arrived at be^een the parties, !n vievv of the fact that no permanent disabiiity was caused to the claimants, liability of the insurance company under the Workmen's Compensatlon Act \vou!d not arise, learned counsel^for 1 Priya --.^^ the iegal representatives ofthe deceased/owner agreed to satisfy the award and prayed that ths appeilanVinsurance company be exonerated from payment of compensatipn. This settlementwas alsb agreed upon by Shri M.K. Bhaduri, counsel for the respondent No.2/driver and by the learned counsei for the appeIianVinsurer. (2) !n vlew of the submission, award dated 29/04/2006 passed by the IVth Additional Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (Biiaspur) in ciaims case No.93/2005 is modified to the extent that the appellaht/insurer is exonerated from the iiabiJity to pay compensation to the claimants which shall rest with the respondents/lega! representatives of the deceased-ov^ner. (3) Statutory deposit, tf any, made by the insurer if not already disbursed to the daimants shalj be refunded. (4) With the above obser^atlon, the appea! stands disposed oi ^^^M^ »»,gS m:' tm^^^•^w^'ii^M^ isillilll ilili^IjillitlllilSn nsiaB«