UNITED INDIA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. GIAN CHAND

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Leave granted.

(2.) At the SLP stage itself, by order dated 26thMarch, 1997, this Court had directed as under:

(3.) Pursuant to the notice for final disposal issued in the SLP, respondents Nos. 1 and 9 who are duly served, have not thought it fit to appear and contest these proceedings. The contest now, therefore, survives between the appellant-Insurance Company on the one hand and the claimants who are represented by learned counsel Mr. H. K. Puri. Having heard learned counsel for contesting parties, we are disposing of this appeal finally by this judgment.