MACT absolves insurance firm as claimants file fake policy number

An additional zero in the insurance policy number made all the difference when the Thane Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) settled a claim filed before it for a minor girl's death.

Finding the policy number with the additional zero as fake, MACT member and district judge K D Vadane absolved the insurance company in the case and directed the owner of the offending tempo to pay Rs 5 lakh to the parents of the girl, who died in a road accident in 2013.

The claimants - Ganesh Ramulu Racha (33) and his wife Umalata Ganesh Racha (28) - residents of Padmanagar in
However, the applicants submitted that the insurance