Mishap victim's family to get Rs 12.8 lakh payout
TNN | Mar 24, 2019, 07:37 IST
Picture used for representational purpose onlyTHANE: Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal ordered an insurance company to pay Rs 12.8 lakh to the family of a priest who was knocked down by a truck near Kalyan in 2017.
MACT member and district judge R N Rokade directed United India Insurance Co Ltd to make the payment and recover it later from the truck owner, Sudhakar Khilari, of Junnar, Pune, against whom the order was passed ex parte as he did not appear despite notices.
Three family members of Uday Joshi, then 32, had pleaded that the untimely death of the earning member had cast a shadow of gloom and sought compensation. The legal team told the tribunal that on October 7, 2017, at 12.30am, he was riding a bike on the Kalyan-Murbad road, in Varap village, when the truck collided. He fell, sustained multiple injuries, and died. They said the accident was due to the driver's negligence.
MACT member and district judge R N Rokade directed United India Insurance Co Ltd to make the payment and recover it later from the truck owner, Sudhakar Khilari, of Junnar, Pune, against whom the order was passed ex parte as he did not appear despite notices.
Three family members of Uday Joshi, then 32, had pleaded that the untimely death of the earning member had cast a shadow of gloom and sought compensation. The legal team told the tribunal that on October 7, 2017, at 12.30am, he was riding a bike on the Kalyan-Murbad road, in Varap village, when the truck collided. He fell, sustained multiple injuries, and died. They said the accident was due to the driver's negligence.
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