Oriental Insurance Review Dismissed, Liberty to Refile

Authority: High Court at Calcutta (Civil Appellate Jurisdiction)

Order Date: 28 August 2026

Case Overview

• Appellant: Bimala Devi Agarwala, represented by advocates Sujit Saha and Parimal Kumar Pahari.
• Respondent: The Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd, represented by counsel who left the matter to the Court’s discretion.
• The review application (RVW 298 of 2025) sought to set aside an ex parte order dated 14 May 2024 passed by a coordinate bench in FMA 874 of 2022.
• The Court noted that a review is maintainable only when there is an error on the face of the record and that other mechanisms exist to recall an ex parte order; therefore the review was not maintainable.
• The appellant expressed desire to withdraw the review and requested liberty to file an appropriate fresh application.
• The respondent consented to the Court’s discretion regarding the withdrawal.

Final Outcome

• The Court dismissed the review application RVW 298 of 2025 as withdrawn, granting the appellant liberty to file a fresh appropriate application in accordance with law.
• Parties are directed to act based on the server copy of this order downloaded from the official website of the Court.

Topics: Legal Dispute, Insurance