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Family members of a woman,who had died last year in a road accident involving a motorcycle,has been given over Rs 18 lakhs compensation by a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT).
The MACT presiding officer Arun Bhardwaj ordered Oriental Insurance Company Limited,with which the offending motorcycle was insured,to pay damages to the kin of deceased Rekha. 34-year-old Rekha,who was working as a maid,was hit from behind by a speeding motorcycle on September 9 last year here when she was returning home from work.
“Resultantly,total compensation payable to petitioners husband and children of Rekha) would be Rs 18,23,520 which shall be payable with interest at 9 per cent per annum,” the MACT said.
The tribunal gave the compensation,relying upon the statement of Rekha’s husband Ganesh Chaurasia,who was also an eye witness of the incident. Chaurasia told the tribunal that on September 9 last year,his wife was returning home from work and when she came out from a residential complex premises where she worked,she was hit by a motorcycle from behind.
She was rushed to a nearby hospital but was declared “brought dead” by the doctors.
The tribunal,in its order,observed the testimony of the eye witness leaves no doubt that the accident was caused due to negligent driving by the driver of the motorcycle.
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