A division bench comprising Justice N Kumar and Justice Javed Rahim on Tuesday pulled up an insurance company for “wasting” the precious time of the court.

“When the death of a 27-year-old youth in an accident has been confirmed, when his wife, three children besides mother who were dependent on him have been rendered homeless following his death, what prevents you from paying the compensation?”, the bench asked the National Insurance Company.

Dismissing the petition filed by the Insurance Company seeking an order for reducing the relief amount fixed by an accident tribunal, the division bench pulled up the petitioners. Mr Manohar, who was an employee of Renaissance Hoarding Private limited in Bangalore, died on July 4, 2005, after his byke was hit by a car.

After taking his salary, age and other factors into consideration, the tribunal had ordered for paying Rs 8 lakh as compensation to the victim’s family by the insurance company. “The amount fixed by the tribunal is less, but still the insurance company has sought the reduction. Before submitting the petition, it should have reflected on its action. It is not proper on it’s part to waste court’s time on such flimsy grounds”, the bench observed.

No to demolition

The State High Court on Tuesday directed the KIADB not to demolish the houses of those who built houses on the sites allotted under the Ashraya Scheme at Veerasandra and Hebbagodi villages in Anekal hobli.

Mr Ramakrishnappa and 13 others had filed a petition questioning the August 27th order of KIADB which declared the area falling under survey number 19 as the “industrial area”.