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  Metros   Mumbai  20 Sep 2018  Road accident victim’s mother gets Rs 8.86l

Road accident victim’s mother gets Rs 8.86l

THE ASIAN AGE.
Published : Sep 20, 2018, 6:34 am IST
Updated : Sep 20, 2018, 6:34 am IST

The victim, who worked as a helper in a factory in Thane, was earning Rs 12,000 per month at that time, his family had claimed.

The victim, who worked as a helper in a factory in Thane, was earning Rs 12,000 per month at that time, his family had claimed. (Representational Image)
 The victim, who worked as a helper in a factory in Thane, was earning Rs 12,000 per month at that time, his family had claimed. (Representational Image)

Mumbai: The mother of a man killed in a road accident was awarded Rs 8.86 lakh compensation by the Thane Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT), which had earlier rejected the pleas of the victim’s father and two siblings.

Earlier this month, the tribunal had accepted the opposite side’s argument that the victim’s father and siblings were not his dependents. Amir Sawat, then aged 26, was killed when a tempo hit his motorcycle on the Sion-Panvel road in Thane in April 2016.  

The victim, who worked as a helper in a factory in Thane, was earning Rs 12,000 per month at that time, his family had claimed.

His father Akbal Sawat (55), a rickshaw puller, mother Sanni Sawat (49), brother Iltaf Sawat (23) and sister Reshma Sawat (21) — all residents of Siddharth Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh —had sought compensation from the tempo's owner and insurer.

But the insurance company’s counsel had contested the claim on several grounds, arguing that there was no income proof of the deceased and that his father and siblings were not dependent on him.

MACT Member and District Judge R. N. Rokade accepted the insurer’s argument and said the opposite side was liable to pay Rs 8.86 lakh to the mother of the deceased, along with 8 per cent interest per annum from the date of the filing of the claim.

“The insurance company shall pay the amount to the deceased’s mother and then recover the sum from the tempo owner,” the judge said.

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