MACT awards Rs 12 lakh compensation to parents of student killed in road accident

Thane: Almost Rs 12 lakh in compensation has been given to the parents of a 19-year-old female engineering student who perished in a traffic accident in 2018 by the Thane Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT). MACT member H M Bhosale issued an order directing the owner of the offending vehicle, in which she was travelling, and the United India General Insurance Company to jointly pay the claimants and pay an interest rate of 8% per year from the date the claim was filed. The copy of the order that was passed on September 13, was made available on Friday. The victim’s father Vijay Harishchandra Maurya (54) and mother Shakuntala, residents of Lokmanya Nagar in Thane, had filed the claim. Appearing for the claimants, counsel Amit Chaudhary told the tribunal that their deceased daughter, Shraddha, was pursuing an engineering course at IIT and also doing a part-time job. She was earning Rs 15,000 per month and the petitioners were dependent on the income of the deceased, he told the tribunal. On January 9, 2018, Shraddha was proceeding in a passenger car from Mumbai to Pune on the expressway. The driver of the car was driving it rashly and negligently, and when it was proceeding from Savroli Toll Plaza, the vehicle rammed into a tempo moving ahead around 9.45 am. As a result, the deceased suffered multiple injuries and later died during treatment at a hospital. Advocate A K Tiwari appearing for the insurance company contested the claim on various grounds. In the order, the MACT member said the compensation amount will include Rs 10,58,400 towards loss of dependency, Rs 16,500 each towards loss of estate and funeral expenses, and Rs 88,000 towards filial consortium. Read all the **_Latest News_** _, _ **_Trending News_** _, _ **_Cricket News_** _, _ **_Bollywood News_** _, _ **_India News_** and **_Entertainment News_** here. Follow us on Facebook_, _ Twitter and Instagram_._