* THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAVI NATH TILHARI AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE CHALLA GUNARANJAN + M.A.C.M.A.NO: 350/2024 % Dated: 28.01.2025 # New India Assurance Company Ltd. …… Appellant and $ Sarika Pydiraju and 5 others ….. Respondents ! Counsel for the Appellant : Sri Naresh Byrapaneni, Standing Counsel ^ Counsel for the Respondents 1 to 4/

Claimants : Ms.P.Anuradha GIST :

>HEAD NOTE :

?Cases referred :

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7 Air 1982 Madras 223

8 2023 ACJ 1655

9 2009(13) SCC 361(SC)

10.(1982) 60 FJR 118 (Kant)

11 1984 ACJ 238

122020(6) ALD 611

13MACMA No.1834/2012 decided on 16.06.2014

14AIR 2012 SUPREME COURT 945

15 (2003) 7 SCC 484

162022 SCC OnLine SC 1683

17 AIR 2017 SC 5157 18(2018) 18 SCC 130 19 (2021) 11 SCC 780

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212015) 1 SCC 539

22(2021) 6 SCC 188

23(2021) 2 SCC 166

24(2020) 4 SCC 228

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAVI NATH TILHARI AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE CHALLA GUNARANJAN M.A.C.M.A.NO: 350/2024 Between:

New India Assurance Company Ltd ... Appellant and Sarika Pydiraju and 5 others ….. Respondents DATE OF ORDER PRONOUNCED: 28.01.2025 (per Hon‟ble Sri Justic