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A Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) here has awarded a compensation of Rs 3.7 lakh to a 10-year-old boy for the injuries that he suffered after being hit by a motorcycle in 2013. MACT member and district judge K D Vadane directed motorcycle owner Mahesh Ramchandra Dalvi and the two-wheeler's insurer ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Limited to make the payment. The lawyer of the claimant, Rohit Jokhan Chauhan, then aged six and studying in Senior Kindergarten, told the MACT that on November 11, 2013 the boy was playing in front of his house at Patil Wadi in Thane along with his elder brother.