Supreme Court of India

V. Kala Bharathi & Ors. v. The Oriental Ins. Co. Ltd., Br. Chitoor

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Reported as [2014] 5 S.C.R. 1
Bench P. Sathasivam, Ranjan Gogoi and N.V. Ramana JJ.
Decided 1 April 2014

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the appellants herein are entitled to the. amount awarded by the Executing Court, as the amounts deposited by the judgment debtor fell short of the decretal amount.

Judgment, page 19

From the headnote

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 - Or. 21, r. 1 - Motor accident claim - Compensation - Grant of - Award passed under the Motor Vehicles Act comprising of principal amount alongwith interest and costs -Amounts deposited by judgment debtor falling short of the decretal amount - Whether amount deposited by judgment debtor to be adjusted first towards interest or towards principal decretal amount - Held: On facts, o the decree passed by the trial Court or the appellate Court did not contain the mode of appropriation and in the absence of any such direction, the decree-holder is entitled to

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 referred to

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