{"id":217361,"date":"2009-08-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-25T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/om-parkash-and-another-vs-union-of-india-on-26-august-2009"},"modified":"2017-09-23T14:28:09","modified_gmt":"2017-09-23T08:58:09","slug":"om-parkash-and-another-vs-union-of-india-on-26-august-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/om-parkash-and-another-vs-union-of-india-on-26-august-2009","title":{"rendered":"Om Parkash And Another vs Union Of India on 26 August, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Om Parkash And Another vs Union Of India on 26 August, 2009<\/div>\n<pre> IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH\n\n                              FAO No. 149 of 2009\n\n                                        Date of decision : August 26, 2009\nOm Parkash and another\n                                                             Appellants\n                           Versus\n\nUnion of India\n                                                             Respondent\nCORAM : HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NIRMALJIT KAUR\n\nPresent :    Mr. Somesh Gupta, Advocate\n             for the appellants\n             Mr. Jagdish Marwaha, Sr. Standing Counsel for Railways\n\n\nNIRMALJIT KAUR, J. (ORAL)\n<\/pre>\n<p>             Learned counsel for the appellants at the outset restricted his<\/p>\n<p>claim only to the grant of interest at the rate of 18% per annum from the<\/p>\n<p>date of filing of the claim petition till the date of payment.<\/p>\n<p>             Mr. Jagdish Marwaha, Sr. Standing counsel for Railways does<\/p>\n<p>not dispute the claim to the extent of paying interest on the awarded<\/p>\n<p>amount from the date of the filing of the claim petition till its realization.<\/p>\n<p>However, he expressed his strong reservation on the rate of interest, which<\/p>\n<p>should be levied. A similar stand was taken by learned counsel for the<\/p>\n<p>respondent before this Court in bunch of appeals decided vide order dated<\/p>\n<p>17.7.2009 passed in FAO No. 110 of 2009 titled as Des Raj versus Union<\/p>\n<p>of India and others.\n<\/p>\n<p>             While deciding the rate of interest, this Court had held as<\/p>\n<p>follows in the above mentioned similar matters :-<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>             &#8220;Taking into account the observations of the Apex Court made<\/p>\n<p>             in the cases of Uttaranchal Transport Corporation, Tamil<\/p>\n<p>             Nadu State Transport Corporation and the Managing<\/p>\n<p>             Director, TNSTC (supra), wherein the interest was fixed at the<\/p>\n<p>             rate of 7.5% per annum instead of 9% and also, at the same<\/p>\n<p>             time, without losing sight of the fact that in the case of<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\"> FAO No. 149 of 2009                                                        -2-<\/span><\/p>\n<p>             N. Parameswaran Pillai and Rathi Menon (supra), relating to<\/p>\n<p>             claim under the Railways Act, 1989 and Railway Accidents<\/p>\n<p>             and Untoward Incidents (Compensation) Rules, 1990, entitling<\/p>\n<p>             the appellant interest at the rate of 12% per annum, as also<\/p>\n<p>             keeping in view the interest given by the Banks and other<\/p>\n<p>             financial institutions, interest at the rate of 9% per annum on<\/p>\n<p>             the compensation amount so awarded by the Tribunal from<\/p>\n<p>             the date of filing of the claim petition till its actual realization<\/p>\n<p>             would be just and fair.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>             The present appeal is, therefore, covered by the judgment<\/p>\n<p>passed in FAO No. 110 of 2009.\n<\/p>\n<p>             The present appeal is, accordingly, disposed of in the same<\/p>\n<p>terms as FAO No. 110 of 2009 with direction to pay 9% interest on the<\/p>\n<p>amount awarded by the tribunal from the date of filing of the appeal till its<\/p>\n<p>actual realization.<\/p>\n<pre>\n\n\n\n                                                        (Nirmaljit Kaur)\n26.08.2009                                                 Judge\nreena\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Om Parkash And Another vs Union Of India on 26 August, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No. 149 of 2009 Date of decision : August 26, 2009 Om Parkash and another Appellants Versus Union of India Respondent CORAM : HON&#8217;BLE MS. 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