A motor accidents claims tribunal (MACT) has awarded over Rs 21 lakh to the parents of a 25-year-old man who was killed a road mishap at Dwaraka here in 2015.
MACT Presiding Officer Paramjit Singh awarded Rs 21,10,000 to the parents of southwest Delhi resident Rahul Kumar and asked National Insurance Company Ltd, the insurer of the truck involved in the accident, to pay the amount.
"The offending vehicle was insured with National Insurance Company Ltd. at the time of accident and as such, respondent no. 3 (National Insurance Company Ltd), being the 'principal tort feasor', shall be liable to pay the awarded amount," the court said.
According to the prosecution, Rahul was hit by a truck on January 31, 2015 near the office deputy commissioner of police at Dwaraka.
He was badly injured and was admitted to a nearby hospital but on February 4, he succumbed to injuries.
The driver of the truck claimed not guilty and said that at the time of the
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