The family of a 48-year-old man who died in a traffic accident in 2018 has been awarded Rs 1.35 crore by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) in Thane.

The owner of the bus involved in the accident and its insurance company have been instructed to jointly pay the compensation amount, along with an interest rate of 7.5 per cent from the date of petition filing until payment realisation, in an order issued on February 12 by MACT Chairman S B Agrawal, reported PTI.