Tribunal awards over Rs 6 lakh compensation to child injured in accident

A Thane Motor Accident Claims Tribunal MACT in Maharashtra has awarded Rs 635 lakh compensation to a girl who suffered grievous injuries in a road accident in 2017 reported the PTIThe child was five years old in 2017 when the accident had took placeTribunals member S N Shah passed the order on December 3Appearing for the petitioner advocate S M Pawar said the victim Shweta Anilkumar Nishad was crossing the road with her mother on May 15 2017 night on Mira Road when a jeep rammed into her She sustained grievous injuries and was initially taken to a hospital in Mira Road from where she was shifted to Mumbai as per the PTIShe is still undergoing treatment he saidThe tribunal said that due to the accident the victim suffered permanent partial disabilityThe court took into account both medical and nonmedical costs mental suffering and other factors while awarding the compensation of Rs 635000 according to the PTIMACT awards compensation of Rs 30 lakh to kin of accident victimsMeanwhile in an another order earlier this week the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal MACT has awarded a compensation of Rs 305 lakh in total to the relatives of two persons who lost their lives in an accident on MumbaiAhmedabad highway in 2020 reported the PTIThe accident took place on February 24 2020 when the victims were travelling in an auto rickshaw from Chinchoti Vasai to Bhayander in the district and the vehicle ran into a truck parked dangerously on the road without any warningThe two families filed separate petitions seeking compensation from the trucks ownersIn the order passed on November 29 MACT chairman and principal district judge S B Agrawal held that the truck driver was at fault and directed its owners and the insurer firm to pay compensation with interest at 75 per cent pa from the date of filing of the claim as per the PTIIn the first petition the MACT awarded a compensation of Rs 1366000 to victim Sandip Markandey Chavans mother Malati 56 and sisters Kirandevi 22 and Priya 20Sandip 22 was earning a monthly income of Rs 8000 at the time of death and the compensation was calculated accordinglyThe MACT also awarded a compensation of Rs 1690000 to Virendra Singh 49 and Gayatridevi Singh 44 parents of victim Mukesh 20The tribunal took into account the fact that Mukesh was earning Rs 12000 per month at the time of his death the news agency reportedwith PTI inputs