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MG Motor ordered to refund Rs 18,23,228 SUV cost plus Rs 4 lakh compensation after Delhi man alleged steering & tyre faults during Uttarakhand tripMG Motor ordered to refund: A Delhi consumer court ordered MG Motor India to refund over Rs 18 lakh for an MG ZS Astor, citing failure to a...
SC says 'homemakers are nation builders'The Supreme Court has recognized the invaluable contribution of housewives. Loss of a wife's domestic care will now be a separate compensat...
Court grants over Rs 2.5 crore compensation to road accident victim in VisakhapatnamA Motor Accident Claims Tribunal awarded Rs 1.6 crore to an Indian Navy MARCOS commando, now with 88% permanent disability after a 2018 roa...
13 dead, 20 injured in Palghar tempo-trailer accident; CM Devendra Fadnavis announces compensation of Rs 5 lakh eachA tragic accident occurred in Palghar, Maharashtra, on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway. A tempo packed with guests for an engagement ceremony ...
Lakhimpur Kheri highway accident leaves 10 dead, PM Modi announces Rs 2 lakh ex-gratiaTen people died in a tragic road accident in Lakhimpur Kheri. A truck and van collided head-on on the Lakhimpur-Bahraich Highway. Prime Min...
SBI must pay Rs 5 lakh to woman despite 6-year delay in claim: Nagpur consumer panelA Nagpur consumer commission directed SBI to pay Rs 5 lakh to a widow. The payment is for an insurance claim filed six years late. The comm...
33 killed as strong storm, rains lash various UP districts; CM orders relief, compensation measuresA severe storm and heavy rains swept through five Uttar Pradesh districts on Wednesday. At least 33 people lost their lives in the devastat...
Uttar Pradesh CM asks district officials to remain on alert amid heavy rain warning from IMDUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered district officials to be on high alert. Heavy rains and thunderstorms are affectin...
It's high time Indians inculcate civic sense and follow traffic rules, says Bombay HCThe Bombay High Court stressed the need for Indian citizens to develop civic sense and adhere to traffic rules, drawing parallels with deve...
Supreme Court seeks response from Centre, others on plea to prevent cattle intrusion on highwaysThe Supreme Court has asked the Centre and states for their views on a plea to keep stray cattle off national and state highways. The court...
Three killed, two hurt in car-motorcycle crash in UP's HardoiA tragic accident on the Ganga Expressway service road in Hardoi claimed three lives. A car collided with a motorcycle near Khitauli villag...
10 dead, 31 injured in bus-pick up vehicle collision in Madhya Pradesh's ChhindwaraA tragic head-on collision between a bus and a pick-up vehicle in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh, claimed ten lives and left 31 injured, with s...
Delhi tribunal awards Rs 68.74 lakh compensation to parents of man killed in 2022 road accidentA Delhi tribunal has awarded over Rs 68 lakh compensation to the parents of Harshit Verma. Verma, 24, died in a road accident in March 2022...
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...
Haryana govt to provide cashless treatment facilities for road accident victims: CM SainiDuring a Wednesday press conference, Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini introduced a scheme for road accident victims, similar to the Union Minis...
Implement law on compensation to accident victims : Delhi HC to CentreThe court's order was passed on a petition by the legal heirs of a deceased accident victim, who sought compensation for themselves as well...
Government notifies 8-fold increase in solatium to Rs 2 lakh for death in hit-and-run caseThe ministry in the notification issued on February 25 said that the scheme may be called the 'Compensation to Victims of Hit and Run Motor...
50% of heirs of road accident victims don’t get compensationThe SC found Delhi, Assam, Nagaland, Tripura and two other UTs to be odd ones out among states and UTs as they have not formed a road safet...
- It takes 5 yrs to settle motor third party claims
A study by the insurance regulator has shown that justice is greatly delayed for road accident victims who have to on an average wait for f...
- Call for Systemic overhaul
SC's concern over road accidents & compensation is legitimate.