Overview
- Delhi’s MACT on October 30 awarded Rs 32.93 lakh to the family of 23-year-old Krishan Gopal, who died in an August 2023 crash near Sarita Vihar Metro, finding the speeding truck solely at fault.
- The Delhi tribunal directed The New India Assurance Co. Ltd. to deposit the award after calculating loss of dependency, loss to estate, funeral expenses and loss of consortium.
- Thane’s MACT awarded Rs 30.11 lakh for the 2020 death of IT consultant Dinesh Yashwant Khot, holding a reversing bus driver solely negligent for the fatality.
- The Thane order imposed joint and several liability on the bus owner and insurer with 9% annual interest from the petition date.
- Rejecting a policy-breach claim, the Thane tribunal held an LMV transport licence valid for the 6,128-kg bus under Motor Vehicles Act definitions; in a separate Delhi case, a November 3 order granted Rs 12.45 lakh to the mother of a 2019 victim and directed TATA AIG to deposit the sum.