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Truck driver’s family denied claim by United Insurance after he suffered cardiac arrest following meal during trip; court orders Rs 16 lakh compensationThe Uttarakhand High Court has upheld compensation of around Rs 16 lakh, including interest, for the family of truck driver Kamal Singh, wh...
16 Indians, including 10 seafarers, killed in Middle East conflict: GovtSixteen Indian nationals, including ten seafarers, have died in the Middle East conflict this year. Seventy-five Indians sustained injuries...
Freight woes threaten fresh supply crunch in Manipur as transporters stay awayTransport operators are avoiding Manipur due to high costs and long travel times. Essential goods face shortages as highway conditions wors...
Son dies in accident while driving father's car; Delhi High Court says insurance can't be claimed. Here's whyThe Delhi High Court ruled that families of drivers dying in borrowed vehicles cannot claim personal accident cover from the owner's insure...
How a Gujarat car owner claimed Rs 1.25 lakh insurance without any proof of accident?A Surat car owner received Rs 1.25 lakh from ICICI Lombard after a consumer commission ruled the undisputed car damage warranted compensati...
Mumbai 2020 accident: Tribunal orders truck owner and insurer to jointly pay nearly Rs 17 lakh to coupleThane's MACT awarded Rs 16.79 lakh to a couple injured in a 2020 road accident caused by a negligent truck driver. While their permanent di...
Tribunal cuts victim's compensation by 30 per cent for not wearing helmet at the time of accidentA Motor Accident Claims Tribunal reduced compensation by 30% for a man's fatal motorcycle accident after he wasn't wearing a helmet at the ...
Insurer liable to pay compensation to accident victim's kin even if offending vehicle driver's licence is invalid or expired: High CourtThe Bombay High Court has ruled that an insurance company is liable to pay compensation to an accident victim's family, even if the licence...
Truck rentals fall due to excessive rains, may push transporters closer to defaulting on loans: ReportBetween 45,000-50,000 heavy trucks could be repossessed in the coming three months if the situation does not improve for transporters, IFTR...
Truckers, labour get 30% more pay from FMCG companiesThe companies are facing the dual challenge of acute labour shortage because of migration and fear of the Covid-19, which are creating dema...
Should vehicle drivers or owners pay for third-party compensation in accidents?Insurers want vehicle owners or drivers to pay stiffer fines or buy additional third-party covers. Can making them pay a part of the compen...
'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...
Delhi borders jammed as green tax kicks inThe new charge was to be collected from November 1, but the concessionaire delayed it citing reasons such as lack of resources and loss of ...
Confusion ends, green tax on trucks comes into effectSMYR Consortium, the toll contractor appointed by the South Corporation, finally agreed to collect the ECC from heavy commercial vehicles f...
- Confusion ends, green tax on trucks comes into effect
SMYR Consortium, the toll contractor appointed by the South Corporation, finally agreed to collect the environment compensation charge (ECC...
State government must compensate accident victim if accused is poor: Supreme CourtIf in case of a death due to negligent driving, the driver is unable to pay the compensation, state government must step in and pay the amo...
- 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 ...
- Manipur vehicles not to ply through Nagaland
Vehicles of Manipur will not ply through Nagaland until the Centre compensate for damaged vehicles.
- Insurance co not liable to pay 3rd party to driver: HC
An insurance company is not liable to pay a third-party insurance to the driver of the vehicle which it has insured, the Bombay High Court ...
- Court asks insurance firm to pay compensation
The court asked the insurance company to pay the compensation to the kin of the deceased, Rani and Kajal, residing in Rohini, as their pare...