Mishap victim’s widow gets Rs 7L compensation

A road mishap victim’s widow has been awarded nearly Rs seven lakh as compensation by a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) here. The tribunal asked United India Insurance Company Ltd, with which the offending vehicle was insured, to pay Rs 6,92,740 to Mamata Devi, wife of 40-year-old Ram Kishore, who lost his life after being hit by a rashly-driven car in 2008.

“In view of eye witness Raju’s testimony, I have no reason to disbelieve that Ram Kishore was hit by Wagon R of Gulshan Kumar which was being driven by him rashly and negligently and that Ram Kishore died on being hit by it.”

“United India Insurance Company is accordingly directed to deposit the awarded amount of Rs 6,92,740 within 30 days,” the tribunal said.

The order came on Mamata’s plea that her husband was hit by a rashly-driven Wagon R on May 23, 2008 night when he was returning home from work with his friend.

She had told the court that he was taken to a nearby hospital where he succumbed to his injuries the next day.

During adjudication of the case, offending car’s driver Gulshan Kumar had argued that Kishore, a labourer, was hit by a rashly driven motorcycle which had led to his death.

The tribunal, however, denied his argument relying on the testimony of Kishore’s friend Raju, who was with him at the time of the accident and had deposed that he had not seen any motorcycle hitting Kishore.