Court awards Rs 1.19 cr compensation to family of man killed in road accident

The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal MACT in Thane has awarded a compensation of Rs 119 crore to the Mumbaibased family of a 33yearold man killed in a road accident in 2019MACT member M M Walimohammed in the order passed on April 25 directed Gulnar Plastics Pvt Ltd at Silvassa the owner of the offending vehicle and its insurer Tata AIG General Insurance Company Ltd to jointly and severally make the payment of Rs 11964400 to the claimants within two months along with an interest of seven per cent per annum from the date of filing of the claimIf they fail they will have to pay the interest at eight per cent per annum till the realisation of the compensation amount as per a copy of the order made available on WednesdayThe claimants in the petition were deceased Shailesh Mishras wife minor daughter and parentsAlso Read Maharashtra Woman paramour held for killing her husband in ThaneTheir counsel S L Mane told the MACT that Mishra worked as a manager with a garments company and earned Rs 60000 salary per monthThe claimants submitted that on June 17 2019 Mishra was travelling in a car from Kandivali to Andheri on the Western Express Highway in MumbaiAnother car came in a high speed from the wrong side and dashed Mishras car near Durgadi in Goregaon Mishra received severe injuries and died on the spotHe was the only earning member of the family the claimants saidThe lawyers of the offending car owner and its insurer contested the claim on various groundsThe MACT in its order said the FIR followed by spot panchnama inspection the accidental death report and statements referred prove the involvement of the offending vehicle and the negligent driving of its driverThe police papers are relied by the parties it saidThe opponent insurance company is directed to pay the compensation and is at liberty to recover the amount from the owner of the vehicle it saidThe MACT directed that on realisation of the amount a sum of Rs 25 lakh be kept in a fixed deposit in the name of the deceaseds child Rs 15 lakh FD in his wifes name and Rs 10 lakh each be paid to the parents of the deceased The balance amount be paid to Mishras wife it directedThe compensation amount includes figures under various conventional heads including loss of estate loss of consortium as well as funeral expensesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever