# THE ORIENTAL INSURANCE CO LTD vs BHUWAN CHANDRA SINCE DECEASED THR LRS

Court: Delhi High Court
Date: 2025-07-04
Citation: MAC.APP.-397/2025 2025:DHC:5530
Petitioner: THE ORIENTAL INSURANCE CO LTD
Respondent: BHUWAN CHANDRA SINCE DECEASED THR LRS

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## Judgment text (excerpt)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 04.07.2025 MAC.APP. 397/2025 & CM APPL. 38347-38348/2025 THE ORIENTAL INSURANCE CO LTD .....Appellant Through: Mr. Kanwar Kochhar, Advocate versus BHUWAN CHANDRA SINCE DECEASED THR LRS .....Respondent Through: Mr. Anshuman Bal, Advocate for R-1 &2 CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE TARA VITASTA GANJU TARA VITASTA GANJU, J.: (Oral) CM APPL. 38348/2025 [Exemption from filing certified/true typed copies] 1. Allowed, subject to the Appellant filing certified/true typed copies of the annexures within a period of three weeks. 2. The Application stands disposed of. MAC.APP. 397/2025 & CM APPL. 38347/2025 [Stay] 3. The present Appeal has been filed on behalf of the Appellant under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988 impugning the award dated 24.04.2025 [hereinafter referred to as “Impugned Award”] passed by the learned Presiding Officer, MACT-02 (Central), Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi. By the Impugned Award, compensation in the sum of Rs.45,04,000/- has been awarded along with interest at the rate of 9% per annum. 4. Learned Counsel for the Appellant raises four grounds of challenge in the present Appeal. Firstly, that the monthly salary

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