Panchkula: ₹70-lakh relief for family of banker crushed by truck
1 year, 2 months ago

Panchkula: ₹70-lakh relief for family of banker crushed by truck

Hindustan Times  

Over five years after a 51-year-old bank manager was crushed to death by a tipper truck, the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Panchkula, has awarded a compensation of ₹70.25 lakh with 6% interest to his family. As the truck was not insured at the time of the accident, the tribunal, presided over by Ved Parkash Sirohi, ruled that the compensation amount will be paid by truck owner Balbir Singh and driver Lakhwinder Singh, alias Kali, both hailing from Naraingarh, Ambala. Biker was driving negligently: Truck driver, owner Seeking dismissal of the claim petition, the truck driver and owner said the deceased himself was driving the motorcycle at high speed. Truck driver Lakhwinder claimed that he had even made various representations to police and their higher authorities for a fair investigation into the matter, but no action was taken.

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₹18-lakh relief for family of Ambala man killed in mishap
3 weeks, 5 days ago

₹18-lakh relief for family of Ambala man killed in mishap

Hindustan Times  

Nearly nine years after a 28-year-old man was killed after a speeding car hit his vehicle in Ambala in 2016, the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal has awarded his family a compensation of ₹18.34 lakh. The car driver, Manish Kumar, who lives in Ambala, owner Narinder Singh of Karnal and United India Insurance Company were made opposite parties. After hearing arguments …

Panchkula: Speeding car claims man’s life near flyover
1 month ago

Panchkula: Speeding car claims man’s life near flyover

Hindustan Times  

A 46-year-old man died after being struck by a speeding car near the Zirakpur flyover on Friday. According to an eyewitness, the accident occurred around 10 am when Nand Lal was assisting with traffic management when the speeding car, coming from Old Panchkula side, hit him directly. According to eyewitness Rameshwar, a resident of Panchkula’s Rampur Siyudi and working a …

Mohali: ₹6.8-lakh relief for kin of scooterist killed in mishap
1 month, 1 week ago

Mohali: ₹6.8-lakh relief for kin of scooterist killed in mishap

Hindustan Times  

Over a year after speeding tipper truck claimed the life of a 62-year-old scooterist in a road accident in 2023, a local court on Friday awarded ₹6.8 lakh as compensation to his bereaved family. The untimely death of the deceased shattered his family members’ lives and caused them significant mental anguish, the Mohali court was informed. In their response, the …

Panchkula: Insurance agent on home call for policy beaten up
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Panchkula: Insurance agent on home call for policy beaten up

Hindustan Times  

An insurance agent with the Life Insurance Corporation has filed a complaint with police, alleging that three persons in Sector 12, Panchkula, beat him up and forcibly took ₹15,000 from him after he went to a client’s home to register a policy. A case was registered against the unidentified accused under Sections 115, 126, 3, 308 and 351 of the …

[Motor Accident] Adverse Inference Can Be Drawn Against Insurer On Failure To Rebut Evidence: Jharkhand HC Upholds ₹11.45 Lakh Compensation
4 months, 1 week ago

[Motor Accident] Adverse Inference Can Be Drawn Against Insurer On Failure To Rebut Evidence: Jharkhand HC Upholds ₹11.45 Lakh Compensation

Live Law  

The Jharkhand High Court has upheld the award of ₹11,45,932 granted by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Dhanbad, to the widow of a carpenter who succumbed to injuries sustained in a fatal motorcycle accident. The court emphasised that failure of the insurance company to summon key witnesses or rebut the evidence presented by the claimants resulted in an adverse inference …

Panchkula: Truck hits bike near Chandimandir lightpoint, pillion rider killed
8 months ago

Panchkula: Truck hits bike near Chandimandir lightpoint, pillion rider killed

Hindustan Times  

A man riding pillion on a motorcycle was killed after being hit by a truck at Chandimandir lightpoint on Tuesday. Amandeep, who was bleeding profusely, was rushed to the Civil Hospital in Panchkula’s Sector 6, where he succumbed to his injuries during treatment. Complainant, Saurab, 27, of Ambala Cantt, told the police that he, along with his friend, Amandeep, had …

Claims tribunal asks truck owner to pay ₹65 lakh to accident victim’s kin
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Claims tribunal asks truck owner to pay ₹65 lakh to accident victim’s kin

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, a quasi-judicial body that adjudicates claims related to motor vehicle accidents, directed a truck owner recently to pay ₹65 lakh to the family of a 37-year-old school teacher who was mowed down by his truck in 2015. HT Image The tribunal further directed the family to deposit ₹60 lakh in fixed deposit for the …

Jeep owner to pay ₹40 lakh to accident victim’s family
11 months, 1 week ago

Jeep owner to pay ₹40 lakh to accident victim’s family

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal last week directed a pick-up jeep owner to pay ₹40 lakh to the family of a 30-year-old Thane resident who died in 2018 after the pick-up jeep rammed into his motor jeep on the Murbad-Kalyan Highway. The incident occurred around 8am on January 30 when Pradeepkumar Saroj reached Bapsai village in Thane district, a …

Panchkula: Failure to act on customer’s fraud complaint costs bank ₹80,000
1 year, 1 month ago

Panchkula: Failure to act on customer’s fraud complaint costs bank ₹80,000

Hindustan Times  

Holding bank deficient in services, District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Panchkula, directed State Bank of India to pay ₹10,000 as compensation to a 63-year-old, Sector 20 resident, who lost ₹64,999 to fraudulent withdrawal in 2021. Disposing of the complaint, SBI bank was directed to pay compensation of ₹10,000 to Tarsem Kumar Mahajan, 63, of Sector-20, Panchkula, along with ₹5,500 as …

Head-on crash between trucks leaves one dead in Panchkula
1 year, 1 month ago

Head-on crash between trucks leaves one dead in Panchkula

Hindustan Times  

A truck driver died after his vehicle collided head-on with another truck on NH-7 in Panchkula’s Golpura village on Wednesday. His cousin Dinesh Thakur told police that Ramesh had been driving trucks for a living for the last two years and he joined him as a cleaner six months ago. When they reached Golpura cut in Panchkula, ahead of Mauli …

Damaged Car Owner Can Claim Amount From Offending Vehicle's Insurer If Damage Amount Not Fully Reimbursed By His Own Insurer: Karnataka HC
1 year, 2 months ago

Damaged Car Owner Can Claim Amount From Offending Vehicle's Insurer If Damage Amount Not Fully Reimbursed By His Own Insurer: Karnataka HC

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has held that in a motor accident if the total amount for repairs is not reimbursed by the insurer of the damaged vehicle, the claimant will have every right to approach the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal to seek an order for payment of the balance amount from the insurer of the offending vehicle. However, if the …

Panchkula: ₹93 lakh compensation awarded to kin of constable killed in road mishap
1 year, 6 months ago

Panchkula: ₹93 lakh compensation awarded to kin of constable killed in road mishap

Hindustan Times  

Nearly three years after the death Central Reserve Police Forces Jeet Ram, 34, in a collision of two trucks in Panchkula, motor accidents claims tribunal has awarded ₹93.30 lakh compensation to his kin. Jeet Ram was survived by his wife, three minor children and his aged mother, who will get the compensation. The tribunal, presided over by additional district and …

Mumbai: Motor Accident Claims Tribunal awards Rs 1.36 cr compensation to kin of man killed in road accident
1 year, 7 months ago

Mumbai: Motor Accident Claims Tribunal awards Rs 1.36 cr compensation to kin of man killed in road accident

India TV News  

A family of a deceased who died in a road accident in Thane won a case in the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal in which the accused and his insurance company were ordered to provide compensation of more than Rs 1.36 crore to the petitioner. The deceased's family, including his wife, parents and sister, contended that the accident took place "due …

Panchkula resident looking to buy tractor-trolley falls prey to fake social media ad
1 year, 11 months ago

Panchkula resident looking to buy tractor-trolley falls prey to fake social media ad

Hindustan Times  

A city resident looking to purchase a tractor trolley lost ₹1.71 lakh to swindlers who he came in contact with through social media. A Panchkula resident looking to buy a tractor-trolley lost ₹ 1.71 lakh to swindlers who he came in contact with through social media. 61-yr-old loses ₹59K after clicking PAN update link Chandigarh Police’s cyber crime cell on …

Panchkula: Auto driver arrested for stealing passenger’s ₹2 lakh
1 year, 11 months ago

Panchkula: Auto driver arrested for stealing passenger’s ₹2 lakh

Hindustan Times  

Four days after a passenger’s bag containing ₹2 lakh in cash was stolen from an auto-rickshaw in Panchkula on Monday, police arrested the auto driver for the theft and recovered the cash from him. A case under Section 379 of the Indian Penal Code was registered at the Sector-5 police station in Panchkula. He was arrested on the complaint of …

Delhi High Court Upholds Recovery Of Compensation From Underage Driver’s Father In Road Accident Case
2 years, 2 months ago

Delhi High Court Upholds Recovery Of Compensation From Underage Driver’s Father In Road Accident Case

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has dismissed an appeal challenging the grant of recovery rights to an insurer against the registered owner of the car whose son was involved in a road accident leading to the death of a 42 year old man in 2013.Justice Rekha Palli said the 42-year-old man lost his life only because the minor's father did not …

2021 road mishap: Kalka man awarded ₹4.49 lakh compensation
2 years, 3 months ago

2021 road mishap: Kalka man awarded ₹4.49 lakh compensation

Hindustan Times  

A Kalka resident whose leg was fractured in a road accident last year was awarded a compensation of ₹4.49 lakh by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal on Tuesday. The tribunal, while awarding compensation of ₹ 4,49,280, said the amount is payable by all the three respondents jointly and severally together with costs; and interest at the rate of 6% per …

Appeal Filed By Insurance Company 'Unnecessary' Considering 'Smallness Of Amount': Gujarat High Court Upholds Compensation Award Of ₹65,200
2 years, 10 months ago

Appeal Filed By Insurance Company 'Unnecessary' Considering 'Smallness Of Amount': Gujarat High Court Upholds Compensation Award Of ₹65,200

Live Law  

Stating that the Insurance Company had unnecessarily filed an appeal for challenging a small compensation amount in a motor vehicles accident claim, Justice Sandeep Bhatt has affirmed the award of INR 65, 200 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal and dismissed the appeal of the Insurance Company. The Insurance Company contested that the negligence of the tempo driver should …

MACT awards ₹ 20.81 lakh compensation to family of man killed in road accident
2 years, 10 months ago

MACT awards ₹ 20.81 lakh compensation to family of man killed in road accident

Hindustan Times  

The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal here has awarded a compensation of ₹20.81 lakh to the family of a Chhatbir Zoo employee who died in a road accident in 2019. MACT awards ₹ 20.81 lakh compensation to family of man killed in road accident The tribunal on Thursday awarded ₹20,81,416 as compensation to victim Jasvir Singh’s widow Rita, his three children …

Panchkula tribunal awards ₹31 lakh to kin of 2 accident victims
3 years, 6 months ago

Panchkula tribunal awards ₹31 lakh to kin of 2 accident victims

Hindustan Times  

The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Panchkula, has awarded about ₹31 lakh to two families from Punjab and Assam, which lost their members in a road accident in 2018. The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Panchkula, directed that the driver, owner and insurer of the offending vehicle are jointly and severally liable to pay the compensation. They had filed a complaint against …

BEST directed to pay compensation of over ₹4 lakh to accident victim
3 years, 9 months ago

BEST directed to pay compensation of over ₹4 lakh to accident victim

The Hindu  

The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal has directed the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking to pay a compensation of over ₹4 lakh to a man who suffered 53% disability after a BEST bus jumped a signal and rammed into his bike in Powai on July 6, 2016. “Thus, the accident occurred due to the negligence of Mr. Nagure and the …

Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal awards reduced compensation to petitioner
4 years, 1 month ago

Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal awards reduced compensation to petitioner

The Hindu  

The Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Chennai, has cut compensation by 30% for an electrician after it was found that he was driving a motorcycle while inebriated and also did not have a valid driving licence or vehicle insurance. He named A.K.T Arunachalapandian, owner of the other motorcycle, and its insurer United India Insurance Co. Ltd. as respondents. In its response, …

Claims tribunal grants wife of road accident victim ₹15 lakh compensation
5 years, 7 months ago

Claims tribunal grants wife of road accident victim ₹15 lakh compensation

The Hindu  

A Motor Accident Claims Tribunal has awarded a compensation of ₹15.13 lakh to the wife of a 22-year-old man who lost his life in a road accident in 2017. Unskilled worker The petitioners had demanded ₹35 lakh compensation but the tribunal brought down it to ₹15.13 lakh by fixing deceased’s earning at ₹6,162 per month of an unskilled worker at …

Bombay HC Directs Payment Of Over Rs 4.5 Cr To Family That Lost Sole Earning Member In Road Accident [Read Judgment]
6 years, 3 months ago

Bombay HC Directs Payment Of Over Rs 4.5 Cr To Family That Lost Sole Earning Member In Road Accident [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court has directed New India Assurance to pay a sum of Rs 4.56 crore as compensation to the family of deceased Ravindra Kulkarni, who was the CEO of Tata Precision Industries, Singapore.A division bench of Justice RM Savant and Justice NJ Jamdar was hearing the first appeal filed by New India Assurance against an order of Motor …

What More Documents Could Have Been Filed To Prove The Accident: SC Relief To Family Of A Man Who Died In Mishap [Read Judgment]
6 years, 4 months ago

What More Documents Could Have Been Filed To Prove The Accident: SC Relief To Family Of A Man Who Died In Mishap [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

“In our view, what more documents could be filed than the documents filed by the appellants to prove the factum of the accident and the persons involved therein.”Fifteen years after a man died in an accident, his family got the compensation from the Supreme Court, which reversed the concurrent findings of the high court and the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal …

What More Documents Could Have Been Filed To Prove The Accident: SC Relief To Family Of A Man Who Died In Mishap [Read Judgment]
6 years, 4 months ago

What More Documents Could Have Been Filed To Prove The Accident: SC Relief To Family Of A Man Who Died In Mishap [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

“In our view, what more documents could be filed than the documents filed by the appellants to prove the factum of the accident and the persons involved therein.”Fifteen years after a man died in an accident, his family got the compensation from the Supreme Court, which reversed the concurrent findings of the high court and the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal …

Rs 20 lakh compensation awarded to kin of engineer killed in accident in 2002
7 years, 1 month ago

Rs 20 lakh compensation awarded to kin of engineer killed in accident in 2002

India TV News  

The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal here has awarded a compensation of Rs 20 lakh to the family of an engineer killed in an accident in January, 2002. The member of the MACT at Kalyan, S P Gogarkar, ordered the respondents -- the erring lorry's owner and The New India Assurance Company Limited -- to jointly and severally make the payment, …

Delhi Court gives Rs.17 lakh compensation to family of road accident victim
8 years, 11 months ago

Delhi Court gives Rs.17 lakh compensation to family of road accident victim

Firstpost  

A Delhi court has awarded Rs 17 lakh compensation to the kin of a 29-year-old man who died in a road mishap here in 2011. New Delhi: A Delhi court has awarded Rs 17 lakh compensation to the kin of a 29-year-old man who died in a road mishap here in 2011. The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, presided by Manish …

Nawanshahar road mishap: Accident tribunal orders 60-lakh compensation to kin of victim
9 years ago

Nawanshahar road mishap: Accident tribunal orders 60-lakh compensation to kin of victim

Hindustan Times  

The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Chandigarh, has ordered a compensation of Rs 60.26 lakh to family of a man who was killed in a road mishap in Nawanshahar in July 2013. On July 23, 2013 the victim Surat Singh Gill was driving his Chandigarh numbered car and, along with his wife and daughter, was travelling to Jalandhar from SAS Nagar. …

Truck owner, driver to pay over Rs 22 lakh for injuring two
9 years, 4 months ago

Truck owner, driver to pay over Rs 22 lakh for injuring two

Hindustan Times  

The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal has directed a truck driver and owner of the vehicle to jointly pay rs 19.9 lakh and Rs 3.77 lakh to two persons who were hit by the rashly-driven truck near Industrial Area, Phase 1, in 2014. The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal has directed a truck driver and owner of the vehicle to jointly pay …

Driver, car owner told to pay 4.53 lakh to victim’s parents
10 years, 3 months ago

Driver, car owner told to pay 4.53 lakh to victim’s parents

Hindustan Times  

In case of death of a co-passenger after a car overturned, the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal presided over by additional district and sessions judge Roopam Singh directed the driver and the car owner to pay Rs 4.53 lakh as compensation to parents of the victim. HT Image Coming to aid of victim’s mother Bano and father Raees both hailing from …

Kin of cop killed in road mishap to get Rs 66.7 lakh compensation
10 years, 4 months ago

Kin of cop killed in road mishap to get Rs 66.7 lakh compensation

Hindustan Times  

Adjudging the driver of a car guilty of killing a cop in a road accident, the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, presided over by district and sessions judge SK Aggarwal, directed him as well the vehicle’s insurer to pay Rs 66.73 lakh in compensation to the constable’s family. Based on the statement of an eyewitness, the tribunal held Girwar Singh, a …

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