Woman awarded Rs 29.4 lakh after bus accident in MumbaiMACT directed a travel company and insurance company to pay Rs 29.4 lakh to a 50-year-old woman injured in a 2018 bus accident in south Mum...
Aadhaar card not valid document to determine age: SCThe Supreme Court overturns a Punjab and Haryana High Court decision, ruling that an Aadhaar card is not valid proof of age for accident co...
Unclaimed compensation lying with MACTs & labour courts a pan-India issue: SCThe Supreme Court addressed the issue of unclaimed compensation lying with Motor Accident Claims Tribunals and labour courts nationwide. Ju...
Compensation claims in road accidents need not be proven like criminal cases: HCThe High Court of Karnataka has stated that compensation claims in road accidents do not need to be proved like criminal trials. The court ...
"Homemaker's worth can't be calculated in numbers": HC orders insurance company to pay Rs 16 lakh compensationThe Delhi High Court has ruled that compensation for the demise of a homemaker is complex and cannot be accurately quantified in monetary t...
Kanjhawala accident: Murder charges slapped against 6 accused"In the Sultanpuri incident, after collection of physical, oral, forensic and other scientific evidence, the police has added Section 302 I...
For compensation in motor accident cases, robust view needs to be taken of deceased's income: SCA bench of justices DY Chandrachud and Hima Kohli dealt with two cases in appeal against the orders of the Kerala High Court, in which the ...
HC seeks Centre's response on plea against taxing of interest on accident compensationCBDT's had ordered that the tax levied upon the interest accrued upon compensation granted by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal is fair an...
Damages for road accident victims to increase 10-foldThe higher compensation may also entail an increase in the third party premium outgo for vehicle owners.
Cabinet may fix cap for 3rd party damagesUnder the present law, vehicle owner can negotiate to make one-time payment of Rs 50,000 for death and Rs 25,000 for permanent dis ablity o...
'If you sleep on road & get run over, family gets 50% payout'A tribunal recently ordered Reliance General Insurance and the owner of the dumper truck to pay only 50% of the total insurance amount to t...
National Lok Adalats dispose 67,431 cases in Jammu and KashmirThe National Lok Adalats held in Jammu and Kashmir disposed off 67,431 cases involving an amount of Rs 31 crore.
HC directs MACT to release over 500 attached busesThe attached vehicles be released on condition that the corporations first deposit 25 per cent of the respective compensation amounts in th...
- A first, MACT settles claim within 35 days
A tribunal has disposed of an accident case within five days of the filing of the police report and has awarded Rs 15 lakh as compensation ...
- PSU insurance cos pay Rs 4K cr a year to accident victims
This is evident from the fact that public sector general insurance companies have consistently paid out almost Rs 4,000 crore every year si...
- Pillion rider not entitled to compensation claim: SC
A pillion rider who dies or gets injured in a road accident is not entitled to third party insurance claim, the Supreme Court has said.
- Apollo to pay Rs 8 lakh for 'negligent' bone fixing surgery
Indraprastha Apollo has been directed by consumer forum to pay Rs 8 lakh as compensation to a man whose fractured hand could not be fixed d...