C.R. No.6825 of 2010 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.R. No.6825 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: 15.10.2010 New India Assurance Company Limited ……Petitioner VERSUS Mohinder Kaur ……Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK SINGH -.- Present: Mr. Rajesh K. Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? ALOK SINGH, J. (ORAL) 1. Learned Counsel for the petitioner states that initially claim petition was filed by Sukhdev Singh, father of the deceased, Ranjit Kaur, sister of the deceased and Mohinder Kaur, mother of the deceased. He further states that only the mother of the deceased i.e. Mohinder Kaur – respondent was found eligible for the claim and award was passed in favour of Mohinder Kaur-respondent, mother of the deceased. Learned Counsel for the petitioner further states that since father Sukhdev Singh and sister Ranjit Kaur were not found eli- C.R. No.6825 of 2010 (O&M) -2- gible for any compensation on the death of the deceased, hence, Rs.50,000/- already paid to all of them should be adjusted from the total claim amount awarded by the Tribunal. 2. Learned Counsel for the petitioner further states that amount paid to father and sister i.e. Sukhdev Singh and Ranjit Kaur out of the amount of Rs.50,000/- can be recovered by the Insurance Company so that entire amount of compensation can be paid to the claimant i.e. Mohinder Kaur, mother of the deceased. 3. Present petition is disposed of with the direction that en- tire amount of claim awarded by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal shall be paid by the Insurance Company to Smt. Mohinder Kaur, mother of the deceased. However, Insurance Company is entitled to recover the amount out of the amount of Rs.50,000/- from Sukhdev Singh and Ranjit Kaur already paid to them under the interim award. ( ALOK SINGH ) 15th October, 2010 JUDGE ashish