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Kajoma Kumari vs The Union Of India

Supreme Court of India · 2015 INSC 940 · 2015

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO.14626 OF 2015 (Arising out of SLP(C)No.30710 of 2015) KAJOMA KUMARI ... APPELLANT(S) VS. THE UNION OF INDIA ... RESPONDENT(S) ANIL R. DAVE, J. 1. Leave granted. 2. The only reason, for which the High Court had disposed of Miscellaneous Appeal No.379/2013, was that all the legal heirs of the deceased had not been joined in the said claim application. 3. In the interest of justice, we are of the view that all the heirs should have been permitted to be joined even at a belated stage so that if any compensation is payable to the heirs, that can be paid to them. 4. The High Court shall permit all the legal heirs to be joined and shall decide the matter on its merits in Sarita Purohit accordance with law. 1 5. The impugned order is set aside and the appeal is disposed of as allowed with no order as to costs. Pending application, if any, stand disposed of. 6. The parties shall appear before the High Court on 15th February, 2016, so that the matter can proceed further. 7. In the meantime, needful shall be done by the appellant to bring all the legal heirs on record of the High Court. ..............J. [ANIL R. DAVE] ..............J. [ADARSH KUMAR GOEL] New Delhi; 16th December, 2015. 2 ITEM NO.5 COURT NO.2 SECTION XVI S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No.30710/2015 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 04/02/2015 in MAN No.379/2013 passed by the High Court of Patna) KAJOMA KUMARI Petitioner(s) VERSUS THE UNION OF INDIA Respondent(s) Date : 16/12/2015 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL R. DAVE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ADARSH KUMAR GOEL For Petitioner(s) Mr. Kumar Rajesh Singh,Adv. Ms. Niranjana Singh,Adv. For Respondent(s) Mr. Atul Chitale,Sr.Adv. Ms. Sunita Gautam,Adv. Mr. Ranjit Kumar,Adv. For Mr. S.N. Terdal,Adv. UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following Leave granted. The appeal is disposed of as allowed with no order as to costs in terms of the signed Non-reportable judgment. Pending application, if any, stand disposed of. (Sarita Purohit) (Sneh Bala Mehra) Court Master Assistant Registrar (Signed Non-reportable judgment is placed on the file) 3