Overview

• The Thane MACT directed National Insurance Company and the car driver to pay ₹27.17 lakh with 9% annual interest to the widow and children of Bapu Rawool for his June 7, 2018 collision on the Mumbai-Goa Highway.
• Member R V Mohite calculated the award based on Rawool’s notional income, future prospects and a mix of pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages.
• The tribunal mandated that the insurer pay the full amount upfront while preserving its right to recover the sum from the vehicle owner under the insurer-first principle.
• In assessing liability, the tribunal rejected FIR and chargesheet assertions of Rawool’s negligence and credited eyewitness testimony that he was not riding rashly.
• The order continues recent MACT trends in Maharashtra to standardize compensation calculations and uphold procedural fairness in motor accident claims.