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2021 Supreme(SC) 207

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN, J.
Kriti Agarwal - Appellant
Versus
Veena Rastogi - Respondent
Transfer Petition (Civil) No. 166 of 2019
Decided on : 01-02-2021

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellant :Mr. Shrey Kapoor, Advocate, Mr. Kartikey Bhatt, Advocate, for M/S. Aura & Co., Advocate
For the Respondent:Ms. Manisha T. Karia, Advocate.

IMPORTANT POINT
Petition for transfer of proceedings for grant of Succession Certificate can be disposed of in view of settlement arrived at between parties.

Headnote:

Civil Procedure Code, 1908 – Section 24 – Indian Succession Act, 1925 – Section 372 – Transfer of proceedings for grant of Succession Certificate – By signing Settlement Agreement, parties solemnly state and affirm that they have no further claims or demands against each other regarding this matter, and all disputes and differences have been amicably settled by parties hereto through process of Mediation – Parties undertake that to abide by terms and conditions set out in Settlement Agreement which have been arrived at without any coercion, duress or collusion and undertake not to raise any dispute whatsoever henceforth – Settlement Agreement supersedes all negotiations and discussions held between parties regarding this matter--Transfer Petition disposed of in view of settlement. (Paras 7, 8 and 12)

Facts of the case:

Wife of one late Sh. Tarun Rastogi has come up with the petition seeking transfer of the proceedings initiated by her mother-in-law for the grant of a Succession Certificate under Section 372 of Indian Succession Act, now pending on the file of Civil Court, Senior Division, Pune to the District Court, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh. This Court referred the parties to the Supreme Court Mediation Centre.

Findings of Court:

Parties shall produce the copy of the Settlement Agreement and the copy of this order before Court where proceedings are pending or before the Authorities who hold properties of the deceased or the companies which owe money or in which shares are held by the deceased, so that they act accordingly to the satisfaction of both the parties.

Result : Transfer Petition disposed of with directions.

ORDER :

1. The wife of one late Sh. Tarun Rastogi has come up with the above petition seeking transfer of the proceedings initiated by her mother-in-law for the grant of a Succession Certificate under Section 372 of Indian Succession Act, now pending on the file of Civil Court, Senior Division, Pune to the District Court, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh.

2. This Court referred the parties to the Supreme Court Mediation Centre. Before the Mediator, the parties have entered into a Settlement Agreement dated 08.12.2020.

3. The Settlement Agreement read as under:

    i. The parties have agreed that they have under mentioned approximately Rs. 83,88,509/-, (Eighty Three Lakh Eighty Thousand Five Hundred and Nine Only), receivable from the insurance companies towards the policies taken by the deceased, amounts lying in the bank account of deceased, amount towards the life insurance of the deceased, detailed as under :-

    INSURANCE POLICIES

SR. NO

COMPANY & ADDRESS

POLICY NO

TYPE OF POLICY

SUM INSURED (INR)

NOMI -NEE

1.

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

20613565

Life insurance

40,00,000/- (Fourty Lakhs Only)

Kriti Agar -wal (Wife)

2.

ICICI Lombard General Insurance Co Ltd.

Policy No.: 4049/95762299/03

Personal accident insurance

15,00,000/- (Fifteen Lakhs Only)

none

BANK ACCOUNT

SR. NO

NAME OF BANK AND ADDRESS

ACCOUNT NO.

TYPE OF ACCOUNT

BALANCE

NOMINEE

3.

ICICI Bank

000801597032

Savings

Amount Not Known

Veena Rastogi (Mother)

INSURANCE POLICY ALREADY PAID OUT TO KRITI AGARWAL ON 10 OCT 2018

SR. NO.

COMPANY & ADDRESS

POLICY NO

TYPE OF POLICY

SUM INSURED (INR)

NOMI - NEE

4.

TATA AIA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED

C174910592

Life Insurance Smart Income Plus

1,98,000/- (One Lakh Ninety Eight Thousand Only)

Kriti Agarwal (Wife)

(Already received by petitioner to be paid 50% share to Respondent as agreed)

Insurance POLICIES TAKEN BY EMPLOYER i.e. CAVINKARE PRIVATE LIMITED, 12, Cenotaph Road, Chennai - 600018 ------ EMPLOYEE NO 1012155

SR. NO.

COMPANY & ADDRESS

TYPE OF POLICY

SUM INSURED (INR)

NOMINEE

POLICY NO

5.

Edelweiss Tokyo Life

Employee Deposit Linked Insurance

6,00,000/- (Six Lakhs Only)

None

Not known

6.

New India Assurance

Group Personal Accident Insurance

12,70,860.00 (Twelve Lakhs Seventy Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty Only)

None

Not known

7.

New India Assurance

Group Life Insurance

1,60,000/- (One Lakh Sixty Thousand Only)

None

Not known

CLAIMS TO BE RECEIVED FROM EMPLOYER I.E. CAVINKARE PRIVATE LIMITED, 12, CENOTAPH ROAD, CHENNAI 600018 EMPLOYEE ID 1012155

SR. NO.

COMPANY & ADDRESS

NATURE OF CLAIMS

AMOUNT

NOM- INEE

8.

CavinKare Private Ltd

Gratuity from Employer

Approx 12,220/- (Twelve Thousand Two Hundred and Twenty Only)

Veena Rastogi + Kriti Agarwal

9.

CavinKare Private Ltd

Employee Provident Fund

46,620 (Fourty Six Thousand Six Hundred and Twenty Only) + interest

Kriti Agarwal(Wi fe)

10(a)

CavinKare Private Ltd

Leave encashhment

14,121/- ( Fourteen Thousand One Hundred and Twenty One Only)

none

10(B)

Incentives

1,35,000/- (One Lakh Thirty Five Thousand Only)

none

10(C)

Travel Claims

1,25,000/- (One Lakh Twenty Five Thousand Only)

none

The Deceased was the Employee of the said Employer and was entitled to the above referred benefits towards Leave Encashment, Incentives, Travel claims. This is also a part of debts/security payable to the Deceased creditor by the Company. Therefore this item is also included in the present Petition.

PROVIDENT FUND LINKED WITH PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT BHARTI AIRTEL SERVICE LIMITED

SR NO .

COMPAN Y & ADDRES S

PROVIDENT FUND NO.

NATURE

AMOUNT

NOMINEE

11 .

Bharti Airtel Services Ltd


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