MACT Presiding Officer Rajeev Bansal directed the ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Ltd, insurer of the bike, to pay Rs 13,67,856 to the mother, brothers and sisters of victim Devjeet Bain, who died after the vehicle, on which he was riding pillion, collided with a rickshaw.
The tribunal, while deciding the petition, relied on the testimony of an eye-witness in the case and several documents on record including the FIR, charge sheet, post-mortem report and mechanical inspection report.
The bike, driven in a rash and negligent manner, collided with a cycle rickshaw due to which both fell down and suffered injuries, it said.
The victim was taken to AIIMS Trauma Centre where he was declared as brought dead, it said.
During the proceedings, the insurance company had claimed that the accused bike rider did not have a valid driving licence and hence was not entitled to pay compensation to the petitioners.
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