BHAGABAN JENA v. UNION OF INDIA
Court: High Court of Orissa
Bench: DR. JUSTICE S.K. PANIGRAHI
Judgment date:
Case summary
High Court of Orissa judgment dated 2025-12-24. BHAGABAN JENA v. UNION OF INDIA. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
Judgment text
Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed Signed by: BHABAGRAHI JHANKAR Reason: Authentication Location: ORISSA HIGH COURT, CUTTACK Date: 05-Jan-2026 18:10:23 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK F. A. O. No. 437 of 2020 Bhagaban Jena …. Appellant (s) Mr. Dhananjaya Mund, Adv. Mr. Akansh Acharya, Adv. -versus- Union of India …. Respondent (s) Mr. Bibhuti Bhusan Mishra, CGC. CORAM: DR. JUSTICE SANJEEB K PANIGRAHI Order No. ORDER 07. 24. 12. 2025 1. This matter is taken up through hybrid arrangement. 2. Learned counsel for the parties are present. Judgment prepared in separate sheets is delivered and pronounced in open Court in the presence of learned counsel for the parties and the order is passed accordingly as follows:- 3. The appeal is allowed. The impugned Tribunal order dated 17. 02. 2020 is set aside. The respondent Railways is directed to pay the appellant compensation of ₹8,00,000 (Rupees eight lakh) with interest at 12% per annum from 07. 01.
2017 (date of filing of the claim) until realization. The compensation amount shall be paid within three months from today, to be disbursed through the Railway Claims Tribunal as per law. 4. The Tribunal is directed to release 50% of the awarded amount to the Appellant by way of account transfer or cheque and the rest of Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed Signed by: BHABAGRAHI JHANKAR Reason: Authentication Location: ORISSA HIGH COURT, CUTTACK Date: 05-Jan-2026 18:10:23 the amount to be kept in an interest bearing fixed deposit account for a period of three years or subject to the order of the Tribunal. 5. Interim order, if any, passed earlier stands vacated. ( Dr. Sanjeeb K Panigrahi) Judge B. Jhankar
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