Road mishap victim gets over Rs 29 lakh compensation

A 21-year-old youth, who had received grievous head injuries in a road accident involving a rashly driven car, has been awarded a compensation of over Rs 29 lakh by a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) here.
The tribunal also awarded Rs 15,000 compensation to the youth's brother who was also injured in the accident.
It directed New India Assurance Company Ltd, with which the offending car was insured, to pay Rs 29,07,500 and Rs 15,000 to Indirapuram residents Deepak Pandey and Shubham Pandey respectively.
"In view of the statement of parties and documents available on record, it is prima facie proved that petitioners (Shubham and Deepak) suffered injuries due to rash and negligent driving of respondent no. 3 (car driver)," MACT Presiding Officer Dinesh Bhatt said.

The victims said the incident took place on December 18, 2011, when they reached near Vidhan Sabha here on their motorcycle and a Swift car, being driven by one Arun Kumar Jain in a rash and negligent manner, suddenly took a U-turn in front of their vehicle leading to a collision and injuries to them.
Both the brothers were taken to hospital. While Shubham had received simple injuries, Deepak suffered severe head injuries.

Besides the head injuries, Deepak had told the court that he had suffered right leg injury and a permanent shunt had to be installed. He had also said there was loss of vision and memory and required continuous care for his whole life.

The tribunal said due to the injuries, he was prone to fits throughout his life and it can be presumed that in these circumstances he would suffer some loss of marriage prospects.
The car owner and the driver denied of any negligence on their part in the accident and said the mishap took place due to negligence of the petitioners who despite their indicator and slow speed were unable to control their motorcycle and had hit their vehicle.