18 August,2025 02:18 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
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The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) in Maharashtra's Thane district has awarded a compensation of Rs 26.21 lakh to the family of a 40-year-old man killed in an autorickshaw accident in 2018, reported news agency PTI.
Tribunal member R V Mohite held the vehicle owner solely liable after rejecting the claim of the insurer, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co. Ltd, that the policy was "fake and fabricated", reported PTI.
A copy of the order dated August 12 was made available on Monday.
The insurer contested the claim, while the vehicle owner, Tayyab Mohammed Baig, remained ex parte.
Tribunal member Mohite held that the accident, which took place on May 4, 2018, was due to "rash and negligent driving" of the autorickshaw driver, reported PTI.
He noted that the driver of the offending vehicle was chewing a tobacco-like substance. His pouch of tobacco fell in the autorickshaw, and he bent down to pick it up and lost control of the vehicle, due to which it dashed into a roadside tree, reported PTI.
The tribunal further observed that there was no evidence of contributory negligence on the part of the deceased, who worked in a logistics company.
The tribunal calculated pecuniary loss, future prospects, consortium, funeral expenses, and other heads, arriving at a total compensation of Rs 26.2 lakh, with 9 per cent interest per annum from the date of the petition.
The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) in Thane has awarded a compensation of Rs 23.75 lakh to the family of a delivery executive who died after being mowed down by a truck here four years ago, reported news agency PTI.
The driver of the offending truck had the "last opportunity" to avoid the accident. But its rear wheels "rolled over the waist and thigh of the deceased," it observed.
"This shows rash and negligence of the driver as well as high speed of the offending vehicle," MACT member R V Mohite said in the order passed on Monday, reported PTI.
The victim, Hanif Shahid Qureshi, then aged 33, was going on his motorcycle towards Bhiwandi in Maharashtra's Thane district for a delivery on March 21, 2021, reported PTI.
A truck hit his two-wheeler from the rear side at Kharegaon in the Kalwa area on the Mumbai-Nashik highway. Qureshi suffered grievous injuries and died the next day at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital, Kalwa.
His wife and minor daughter approached the tribunal seeking compensation for his death. The truck's owner remained ex-parte.
The tribunal rejected the truck insurer's contention of contributory negligence by the deceased.
(With inputs from PTI)
