Maharashtra: Thane MACT awards Rs 5 lakh compensation to parents of boy killed in accident

The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal MACT in Maharashtras Thane district has awarded a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the parents of a fiveyearold boy who was killed in a road accident in 2017 reported news agency PTIIn his order Thane MACT chairman and principal district judge S B Agrawal directed the owner of the tempo involved in the accident to pay the compensation amount to the parents of the deceased along with interest at 750 per cent per annum from the date of petition till the payment is realised reported PTIThe copy of the Thane MACT order issued on August 5 was made available on SaturdayThe judge in his order absolved the other respondent insurance company Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co Ltd accepting its counsel Arvind Tiwaris argument that the insurance papers submitted before the tribunal had been fabricatedThe petitioners were the parents of the deceased Mohammad Kadir Imamuddin Hawari 36 labourer and Farjana Kadir Hawari 33 residents of Nalla Sopara in Palghar district reported PTIAppearing for the petitioners counsel Sachin L Mane told the tribunal that the boy Kumar Alaman Kadir Hawari was walking to school with his mother on February 6 2017 when a speeding tempo driven in a rash and negligent manner knocked him down He died later died of the injuries reported PTIAdvocate Tiwari of the insurance company specifically contended that the insurance policy was fake and sought dismissal of the claim petitionFrom the evidence of the petitioner especially from the police papers negligence of the driver of the vehicle is clearly made out the judge said in the Thane MACT order reported PTIThe judge noted that as the deceased was five years old at the time of the accident a compensation of Rs 5 lakh can be directed to be paid by the respondent owner of the tempoEarlier the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal MACT in Maharashtras Thane district has awarded Rs 113 lakh compensation to the family of a 57yearold man killed in a motorcycle accident in 2019 reported the PTIAccording to the PTI the MACT chairman S B Agrawal ordered the owner of the offending dumper truck and the insurance company Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company Ltd to jointly and severally pay the compensation with 75 per cent per annum interest from the date the petition was filedThe petitioners will be eligible for interest on only Rs 104 lakh the order statedAppearing for the petitioners advocate AR Yadav told the tribunal the victim Ramsinghasan Brijabali Sahani a carpenter was travelling on a motorcycle on June 25 2019 on SionTrombay road when a speeding dumper hit the vehicle as per the PTISahani fell sustained severe wounds and died he saidThe owner of the dumper did not appear and the case was decided exparte against himThe compensation includes Rs 106 lakh towards loss of income Rs 40000 for loss of filial consortium and Rs 15000 each for loss of estate and funeral expensesIn his order the judge directed that Rs 5 lakh be deposited in a fixed deposit in a nationalised bank in the name of the deceaseds widow while Rs 1 lakh each be kept in the names of his three daughters and Rs 2 lakh each for two other relativesWith inputs from PTI