JUDGMENT :

Dipankar Datta, J.

1. The appellant-insurer, in this appeal under section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (hereafter the Act), has mounted a challenge to an award dated September 12, 2017 passed by the learned Judge, 6th Bench, City Civil Court, Kolkata (the Presiding Officer of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Kolkata) while deciding MACC Case No. 458 of 2007. By the award under appeal, the tribunal accepted the claim application presented before it by Sri Subhasis Manna (hereafter the claimant) under section 166 of the Act and proceeded to determine "just compensation" in a sum of Rs. 20,56,800/- for the injury suffered by him in an accident involving the use of a 'Maruti Van' (hereafter the "van"), insured by the appellant. The tribunal directed the appellant to pay the amount assessed on account of compensation by issuing an account payee cheque in favour of the claimant within 60 days, failing which it would carry interest @ 1% per month from the date of presentation of the claim application till realization of the same.

2. CAN 1819 of 2019 is an application