They Asked The Same Court To Look Again. It Did, And The Award Went Up.
A review petition is meant to be hard to win. This one succeeded, because a Supreme Court decision handed down after the original order changed how the compensation should have been worked out.
Relying on the Supreme Court's decision in Doli Rani Saha, the Court reviewed and modified its earlier order and directed the respondent to pay compensation of Rs 8 lakh to the claimants, with interest at 6 per cent from the date of the application to the date of payment.
- A binding decision after the order is a ground. That is what carried this review.
- The Court modified rather than reheard. The review reworked the figure without reopening liability.
- Interest runs from the application, not from the order, which is where much of the value sits in an old claim.
- Review is narrow, not closed. Where the law itself has moved, the door is open.
- Court
- Gauhati High Court
- Bench
- Justice HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE SUSMITA PHUKAN KHAUND
- Citation
- Review Petition No. 59 of 2026
- Case
- Review Petition No. 59 of 2026
- Decided
- August 2026
- Outcome
- Review allowed; compensation enhanced to Rs 8 lakh with interest
What was reviewed
The claimants sought review of an order this Court had passed in December 2025 in a motor accident first appeal.
The ground was that the Supreme Court's decision in Doli Rani Saha governed the way the compensation should have been computed.
What changed
In light of that decision the Court reviewed and modified its earlier order.
The respondent was directed to pay compensation of Rs 8 lakh to the claimants, with interest at 6 per cent from the date of the application to the date of payment.
Who argued it
Appearances as recorded in the judgment of the Court.
Frequently asked
Can a review petition succeed on a later Supreme Court judgment?
It did here. The Court reviewed and modified its own order in light of Doli Rani Saha and enhanced the compensation.
From when does interest run?
From the date of the application to the date of payment, at 6 per cent on these facts.
When a later judgment changes your case
- Identify the decision precisely and show it postdates the order you want reviewed.
- Frame the review on the law having moved, not on rearguing the evidence — the second gets review petitions dismissed.
- Ask for interest from the date of application; in an old claim that is often the larger part of the money.
- File within the period prescribed for review, which is short.
Source. Gauhati High Court, Review Petition No. 59 of 2026, decided August 2026 by Justice HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE SUSMITA PHUKAN KHAUND. This explainer is written from the judgment text as reported.
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