A Motor Vehicles Accident Tribunal (MACT) in Maharashtra's Thane district has awarded a compensation of over Rs 50 lakh to a woman who met with an accident while travelling in an autorickshaw in 2016.

MACT member M M Walimohammed ordered the two respondents -- auto driver Abdul Sayeed Gulsher Shaikh and insurer Shriram General Insurance Company to make the payment jointly and severally with an interest at 7 per cent per annum from the date of filing of the claim within the next two months.