Gauhati High Court
MACApp./583/2025 of LIBERTY GENERAL INSURANCE LTD Vs RANJITA NATH AND 6 ORS on 11 September 2026
GAHC010238592024 2026:GAU-AS:13579 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : MACApp./583/2025 LIBERTY GENERAL INSURANCE LTD HAVING ITS REGISTERED OFFICE AND HEAD OFFICE AT 10TH FLOOR, TOWER A , PENINSULA BUSINESS PARK, GANPATRAO KADAM MARG,
GAHC010238592024
2026:GAU-AS:13579
THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT
(HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH)
Case No. : MACApp./583/2025
LIBERTY GENERAL INSURANCE LTD
HAVING ITS REGISTERED OFFICE AND HEAD OFFICE AT 10TH FLOOR, TOWER A, PENINSULA BUSINESS PARK, GANPATRAO KADAM MARG, LOWER PAREL (WEST) MUMBAI-400013, MAHARASHTRA AND ITS
BRANCH OFFICE AT 4TH FLOOR, GANAPATI ENCLAVE, BORA SERVICE, G.S. ROAD, GUWAHATI, KAMRUP (M), PIN-781007.
VERSUS
RANJITA NATH AND 6 ORS
W/O. LATE HEMEN CHANDRA NATH
2:SAURAV NATH
S/O. LATE HEMEN CHANDRA NATH
3:MINTU NATH
S/O. LATE HEMEN CHANDRA NATH
4:KRISHNA NATH
D/O. LATE HEMEN CHANDRA NATH
5:TARUBALA NATH
M/O. LATE HEMEN CHANDRA NATH ALL ARE THE RESIDENT OF VILL.- UTTAR GANAK GARI
P/S. SARBHOG
DIST. BARPETA
ASSAM.
6:GURUDEV DAS
S/O. KAMALESWAR DAS
R/O. VILL.- CHAKBAUSI
P/O. BHALUKDOBA
P/S. SORBHOG
DIST. BARPETA
ASSAM
PIN-781317
Advocate for the Petitioner : MR T KALITA, Advocate for the Respondent : MS. M MALLIK(R-6), MS. M PATHAK(R-6),MR. B HUSSAIN(R-
6),MR. N. DEBNATH (R-1 TO 5)
BEFORE
HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH MAZUMDAR
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ORDER
12.09.2026 Ms. D. Biswas appears for the appellant company, namely Liberty General Insurance Limited. Ms. Ranjita Nath, along with six other claimants, is present with Mr. N. Debnath, learned counsel. It has been submitted that a settlement has been arrived at, on a consolidated sum of Rs. 32,05,637/-. In view of the settlement, the claimants present before this Court have expressed no objection if the compensation amount is released in favour of the claimant No. 1, namely Ms. Ranjita Nath. In view of the settlement arrived at, this MAC Appeal is closed on settlement. The statutory amount deposited before this Registry, which was 50% of the awarded amount, shall be released to the claimant No. 1 on behalf of all the claimants in accordance with the prevalent notification No. 43 dated 26.06.2020.
The rest of the amount arrived at in the settlement will be released by the appellant company to the respondent No. 1 on behalf of all the claimants within six weeks from the date that the respondent No. 1 supplies the details of her bank account. The compensation amount shall be released to the claimant No. 1/respondent No. 1 in this Appeal upon proper identification and verification. The statutory deposit of Rs. 25,000/- made by the appellant company shall be refunded in accordance with the prevalent procedure. Accordingly, this MAC Appeal is closed on settlement. TCR be returned. JUDGE Comparing Assistant