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SAURABH LAVANIA
New India Assurance Co. Ltd. Lko. Thru. Assistant Manager Mr. Ravi Kant Yadav – Appellant
Versus
Permanent Lok Adalat, Lucknow – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Saurabh Lavania,J.
1. Heard.
2. By means of the present petition, petitioner-The New India Assurance Co. Ltd. Lko. has challenged the order dated 22.08.2023 passed by the opposite party No.1-Permanent Lok Adalat, Lucknow in P.L.A. Case No. 80 of 2020 (Smt. Rachna & Another vs. The New India Assurance Co. Ltd. & Others).
3. Factual matrix of the case is to the effect that a scheme known as "Mukhyamantri Kisan Evam Sarvahit Bima Yojana" (hereinafter referred to as ''Scheme') was promulgated by the State Government in association with the petitioner-The New India Assurance Co. Ltd., (in short "Company"). The agreement has been entered into by the State Government with the Company for the purposes of payment of certain sum of money in the event of head of the family/bread earner (breadwinner) dying or becoming physically handicapped. The Scheme was available to all those eligible under the terms of the Scheme.
4. It is submitted that one Shivam Verma, unmarried son of respondent Nos.2 and 3 died accidentally on 26.07.2019, thereafter, respondent Nos.2 and 3 filed a PLA Case No.80 of 2020 before the opposite party No.1 under Section 22-C(8) of Legal Services and Authorities Act, 1
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