Saturday, October 26, 2019

Insurer told to pay ₹44L to kin of accident victim
Chennai:26.10.2019

An accident claims tribunal in the city has directed an insurance firm to pay ₹44.1 lakh to the family of a man who was killed in a road accident. The victim was a pillion rider on a motorcycle hit by a car in 2016 near Chengalpet.

Shabeer, a driver, was riding pillion on a motorcycle with a friend on April 23, 2016, when the datal accident occured. His wife Mubarak Begum moved the tribunal seeking a compensation of ₹50 lakh to care for her children aged 12 years and 5 years at the time, and herself. The firm with which the car was insured opposed the claim. Tribunal judge S Umamaheshwari held that the minor children are eligible for ₹15 lakh each, the wife ₹12.1lakh and Shabeer’s parents ₹2 lakh. TNN

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