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CASE STUDY

NATIONAL LOK

ADALAT

FA No 1345/2015 in MACT Case 634/2002 Adalat for an amount of Rs 43,50,000/- (32 lakhs plus
accrued interest) towards the full and final settlement. This
at Pune
was the least we could do for the budding engineer the
On an eventful day, 35 years ago, a meritorious and bright society lost on that day.
student, Mr. Aniruddha Dashrath Anand, having dreams of
making it big in life, was travelling on a motorcycle with his FA No 426/2015 in MACT Case 85/2013 at
friend. Due to incessant rain on that unfortunate day, the
Satara
motorcycle driver lost control and Mr. Anand was pushed
A teacher in a school, Mr. Bhaurao Bhangare, was busy in
into a life of pain and suffering. He was in coma for 21 days
grooming the next generation of our society. However, all
after that. However, that was only the beginning of a life,
came to a halt on that fateful day of 14.01.2013, when he
that could have been adored with unending heights of
was dashed by a Jeep while crossing the road. His family lost
greatness, but for the accident, was languishing in the nadir
the sole bread-earner at an age when he was just about to
of despair, frustration and mental agony. In an attempt to
bloom into a fine human being, the care-giver for his wife,
ameliorate some of his suffering, we settled the matter at
the doting father to his daughters, the last resort of his
the High Court, Bombay in 2022, during the National Lok
ageing parents. We can never compensate for their loss, but
within our limited capacity, we settled the case for an
About the author amount of Rs 62,00,000/- to give some financial security to
the bereaved family.
Lata Shekhar Iyer
Settlement of case for 75 lacs :
The New India Assurance Co. Ltd.
Mumbai Legal Hub Regional Office & On the unfortunate day of 17th of October, 2015, Smt. Swati
Official Language Implementation Naresh Patil lost her husband, the only earning member of

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