Kin of deceased BSNL engineer to get Rs 95 lakh from insurer
- Country:
- India
The kin of a Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited engineer, who was killed in a road accident in 2015, were Saturday awarded Rs 95 lakh as per the settlement reached between them and a general insurer at a Lok Adalat here in Maharashtra. The engineer, Dadahari Chandanshive (45) was killed when his car collided with a truck on April 3, 2015 when he was returning to Kalwa in Thane district from Osmanabad.
The kin of the deceased raised a demand of Rs 1.75 crore in their petition filed with the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (MACT). On the other hand, the insurer calculated the dependency to the extent of 3/4th of the total income of the deceased. The cheque of compensation was handed over to family members in the presence ofprincipal district judge N R Borkar and officials of the insurer.
A total of 2000 matters were placed before the Adalat in different categories..
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
ALSO READ
Bringing dental care to kids in schools is helping take care of teeth neglected in the pandemic
Govt launches myCGHS iOS app to 'enhance' access to healthcare services
Entertainment News Roundup: Brussels seeks UNESCO heritage mark for puppetry, flower carpet; Exclusive-Disney prevails over Trian in board fight, sources say and more
President Droupadi Murmu launches indigenously-developed CAR T-cell therapy to treat cancer in Mumbai.
President Murmu launches indigenously-developed CAR T-cell therapy for cancer treatment