Six years on, Thane MACT awards Rs 25 lakh compensation to accident victim's kin

The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal MACT in Thane has awarded a compensation of Rs 25 lakh to the family of a man who died after being hit by a container truck in 2019 reported news agency PTIThane MACT member Rupali V Mohite in the order on November 20 directed the trucks insurance company to pay the compensation initially but granted the insurer the right to recover the full amount from the vehicle owner citing a proven breach of policy conditions reported PTIA copy of the order was made available on MondayThe victim Md Muslim Shabbir Shaikh then aged 34 who worked in a private company was walking along the MahapeShilfata Road in Maharashtras Thane district on June 11 2019 when a container truck allegedly speeding at a high and uncontrollable pace hit him from behind reported PTIHe suffered severe crush injuries and died six days later His parents and two unmarried sisters natives of Gonda in Uttar Pradesh filed a claim seeking Rs 15 lakhThe Thane MACT held the incident occurred due to the rash and negligent driving of the truck driver who had the last opportunity to avoid the accident but failed to control the vehicleWhile the drivers licence and the trucks fitness certificate were valid the police established that the vehicle was operating in Maharashtra without a valid national permit An RTO Ajmer report confirmed the trucks earlier permit was cancelled in 2015 and was valid only within Rajasthan reported PTIQuoting legal precedents the tribunal observed that insurers must first satisfy awards in favour of third parties and may later recover the amount from the vehicle owner if a breach of policy terms is provenThe tribunal awarded the compensation of Rs 2503900 along with 9 per cent annual interest from August 7 2019It ordered payments of Rs 6 lakh to the victims father Rs 903900 to the mother and Rs 5 lakh each to the two sistersThane MACT awards compensation of Rs 54 lakh to man injured in 2018 road accidentThe Motor Accident Claims Tribunal MACT in Thane ordered compensation of Rs 54 lakh to a man who sustained serious injuries in a 2018 road accident reported PTIRajendra Digambar Jamdar 55 was injured on May 23 that year after he fell from the motorcycle on which he was riding pillion while it was trying to avoid a collision with an autorickshaw at Ovla Naka reported PTIAt the time of the accident Jamdar was a sales manager with an automobile dealership and was drawing a salary of Rs 41000 reported PTIIn her order of November 20 details of which were made available on Sunday MACT member Rupali Mohite ordered compensation of Rs 5459930 including Rs 2949492 towards loss of future incomeWith inputs from PTI