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Insurance--- ----Group Insurance Policy, 2008---Group Life insurance for employees---Accidental death benefit for legal heirs of employees---Respondents were legal heirs of employee who died when he met with an accident, and were duly paid amount under group life insurance---Respondents had contended that they were also entitled to accidental death benefit; and their Constitutional petition in such regard was allowed---Contention of the appellants was inter alia, that at the time of death, the Life Insurance Policy did not cover accidental death benefit---Validity---Accidental death benefit was only available under the group life insurance policy issued by State Life Insurance Corporation of Pakistan, for the year 2008-09; which expired on 31-5-2009 and when the said group insurance policy was renewed, it only provided for one benefit, namely insurance claim, which was duly paid to the deceased---Group life insurance policy covering the period during which the deceased died, did not provide for accidental death benefit---Impugned order was, therefore, not sustainable in the eye of the law and was set aside. JUDGMENT IJAZ UL AHSAN, J.--- This Intra-Court appeal under section 3 of the Law Reforms Ordinance, 1972 is directed against a judgment dated 6-11-2012 passed by a learned Single Bench of this Court. Through the impugned order, the appellant has been directed to pay a sum of Rs.500,000 to the petitioners on account of accidental death benefits. 2. The brief facts of the case are that Tanvir Ahmed son of the respondents was serving as a Section Officer (BS-17) under the Punjab Rural Support Programme (PRSP). During the course of his duty, he met with an accident and died on 7-8-2010. The respondents being his parents claimed and were paid a sum of Rs.500,000 on account of group insurance. The petitioners filed an application for payment of an additional sum of Rs.500,000 on account of accidental death benefits in view of the notification dated 13-8-2008 issued by Punjab Rural Support Programme. The said request was turned down vide letter dated 29-8-2011 which led the respondents to challenge the said letter by way of constitutional petition which was allowed…

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