Royal Sundaram Alliance ... vs Prashant Prakash Rasal And Ors
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                  Shailaja
                                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                                                 CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
                                                    INTERIM APPLICATION NO.282 OF 2021
                                                                              IN
                                                FIRST APPEAL [STAMP] NO.96939 OF 2020


                  Royal Sundaram Alliance Insurance ]
                  Company Limited through it's                                     ]
                  Manager                                                          ]      Applicant
                                Vs.
                  Prashant Prakash Rasal and others. ]                                    Respondents
                                                  .....
                  Mr. Nikhil Mehta i/b KMC Legal Venture, for Applicant.

                  None for the Respondents.
                                                                             .....

                                                                           CORAM : PRITHVIRAJ K. CHAVAN, J.

                                                                           DATE        : 18th FEBRUARY, 2021.

                  P.C.

1. This is an application seeking stay to the execution, implementation and operation of the Judgment and Award dated 18 th December, 2019 passed by the learned Chairman, M.A.C.T, Ratnagiri in M.A.C.P No.61 of 2016.

2. Heard Mr. Mehta, learned Counsel for the applicant.

3. It is contended that impugned Judgment and Award is ex-facie illegal and perverse in the sense that once the Tribunal has

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exonerated the appellant-original opponent No.4 which is insurer, it ought not to have saddled opponent No.4 with liability of compensation. Findings in the impugned award are self contradictory.

4. Learned Counsel for the applicant, on instructions, makes a statement that the applicant will deposit entire amount with accrued interest before M.A.C.T, Ratnagiri within four weeks.

5. In view of the statement made, there shall be ad-interim relief in terms of prayer clause (a).

6. If the applicant fails to deposit the amount as stated above, ad-interim relief shall stand vacated automatically, without further reference to the Court.

7. The application stands disposed of.

[PRITHVIRAJ K. CHAVAN, J.]

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