Sudden braking on highway is negligence, says SCThe Supreme Court ruled that a car driver can be held negligent for causing an accident by applying sudden brakes on a highway without warn...
30 Jul, 2025, 04.29 PM IST
From tragedy to tribunal: Pune man gets Rs 1 crore after losing leg in bus crashIn 2021, Abhijit Pujare lost his right leg when an outstation bus overturned near Pune. The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal has awarded him ...
19 May, 2025, 02.23 PM IST
Rs 3.25 crore compensation awarded to accident victim by HC in a hit and run case after 25-year-long legal battleMotor Vehicles Act: A hit and run victim of 16 years old in Chandigarh had to wait 25 years for compensation to be decided in his case. Ini...
07 Mar, 2025, 05.06 PM IST
At SpaceX, worker injuries soar in Elon Musk's rush to MarsThe records included reports of more than 100 workers suffering cuts or lacerations, 29 with broken bones or dislocations, 17 whose hands o...
11 Nov, 2023, 01.22 PM IST
Odisha: 'Tortured' by IPS officer's wife, woman home guard loses legs in suicide bidIn a written complaint to DG Home Guard, Sudhanshu Sarangi on August 13, the victim accused the senior IPS officer's wife of verbally abusi...
22 Aug, 2023, 10.05 PM IST
Woman’s leg amputated after being caught in travelator at Thailand’s Bangkok airportIn a bizarre and horrific accident at Bangkok’s Don Mueang airport in Thailand, a woman’s leg was caught up in a travelator and it was ampu...
30 Jun, 2023, 06.34 PM IST
Army endorses govt's decision to tax disability pensionThe Army said over the years broad-banding and compensation awarded for disability with income tax exemption has led to rise in personnel s...
02 Jul, 2019, 10.37 PM IST
- Indian expatriate receives compensation from UAE firm following accident
Gurbinder Singh, who worked as a crane operator for a private company in Abu Dhabi, had injured his knee and was diagnosed with serious med...
23 Jun, 2018, 01.02 PM IST
Engineer maimed in 2015 road mishap gets Rs 1.4 crore as compensationKiran aka Kirron H Patil, a resident of Kaneri in Bhiwandi, had pleaded for compensation as the accident had rendered him completely disabl...
19 Feb, 2018, 12.02 PM IST
Supreme Court tells govt to curb false insurance claimsThe apex court has expanded the ambit and has sought response from states and other stake-holders to evolve a mechanism to curb such practi...
31 Jan, 2017, 11.17 AM IST
Chinese man compensated over panda biteGuan Zhiquan was compensated after he sued the local government officials over the attack on March 1, 2014
16 Mar, 2015, 12.24 PM IST
Ganga Ram hospital, doctor to pay Rs 3L for not conducting testsGanga Ram hospital and one of its orthopaedic surgeons have been asked by the apex consumer commission to pay Rs three lakh as compensation.
02 May, 2013, 04.06 PM IST
- Sports min provides Rs 2,00,000 medical assistance to Sonu
Sports Minister announced medical compensation of Rs 2,00,000 for treatment of volleyball player Sonu Sinha, who lost her left leg after be...
14 Apr, 2011, 07.53 PM IST