NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO. LTD. v. LEELABEN WD/O SHANTILAL VALSINGHBHAI PARGI
Court: High Court of Gujarat
Bench: HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE J. L. ODEDRA
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High Court of Gujarat judgment dated 2026-01-28. NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO. LTD. v. LEELABEN WD/O SHANTILAL VALSINGHBHAI PARGI. Read the judgment and case...
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/FIRST APPEAL NO. 865 of 2015 ========================================================== NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO. LTD. Versus LEELABEN WD/O SHANTILAL VALSINGHBHAI PARGI & ORS. ========================================================== Appearance: MR KV GADHIA(319) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 RULE SERVED for the Defendant(s) No. 2,5,6 UMARFARUK M KHARADI(8155) for the Defendant(s) No. 1,3,4 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J. L. ODEDRA Date: 28/01/2026 ORAL ORDER 1. Heard learned advocate for the respective parties. 2. Learned advocate for the respondents pointed out that the captioned appeal may not deserve the consideration on merits owing to the smallness of the amount awarded to the claimant/s. It is noticed that the learned Tribunal has awarded amount of Rs.
3,76,700/- as compensation from the date of &ling of the petition till realization of awarded amount, along with proportionate costs, from the opponents. 3. This is a small and meager amount and considering the aspect of having no dispute in regards to the road accident, I am of the opinion that this appeal may not deserve consideration, more particularly, on the ground of smallness of amount. Accordingly, present &rst appeal stands dismissed. 4. It is made clear that the present &rst appeal is dismissed on account of smallness of the amount and the order passed by this Court shall not be treated as precedent so as to say that this Court has decided any issue on merit. The whole purpose to dismiss the appeal on account of smallness of amount is with a view to avoid hardship both physically and &nancially on the part of the original claimant to appear and defend the case. 5.
Therefore, this order shall not be cited as precedent in any pending matters before any Court in the State of Gujarat. 6. R & P, if any, to be sent back to the concerned Court immediately. The entire award amount be disbursed and released in favour of claimant/s after due veri&cation by transferring said amount/s to the account/s of claimant/s by RTGS or NEFT. 7. The appellant is at liberty to revive the appeal in case of di5culty. (J. L. ODEDRA, J) ADITYA SINGH Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge. Digitally signed by: ADITYA SINGH(HC02376), ENGLISH STENO GRADE-II\, at High Court of Gujarat on 31/01/2026 12:29:51
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