ORIENTAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. vs SHAKUNTALA @ SANTAL . — SLP(C) No. 7925/2007

Summary: Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. filed a Special Leave Petition challenging the High Court's judgment from December 14, 2006. The Supreme Court (Justices S.B. Sinha and Markandey Katju) heard the petition on May 7, 2007 and dismissed it. The Court clarified that the High Court's direction for Oriental Insurance to deposit the awarded amount to be invested and paid to claimant Shakuntala @ Santal meant the FDRs should be handed over to the claimant. The Court noted the High Court's order lacked clarity and stated that any future applications for clarification or modification of the order would be considered. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.