An accident claim tribunal has awarded over Rs 15 lakh compensation to the family members of a Delhi Police constable who died in an accident.
NEW DELHI: An accident claim tribunal has awarded over Rs 15 lakh compensation to the family members of a Delhi Police constable who died in an accident in which his motorcycle was hit and dragged by a rashly driven car in 2006.
"An award for a sum of Rs 15.68 lakh alongwith interest at the rate of nine per cent is passed in favour of the petitioners (family members of deceased constable Namdev Pawar)," the tribunal presided by J P S Malik said.
Holding Gagan Thukral, driver and Atma Prakash Thukral, owner of the offending Maruti car, responsible for the death of 32-year-old constable Namdev, the panel asked National Insurance Company Ltd to pay the compensation to the victim's family.
The tribunal was deciding the claim petition filed by Neelam Pawar, the widow of the constable, her mother-in-law and two sons -- Jayesh and Mahesh, all hailing from Nasik district in Maharashtra.
The victim was dragged around 30 meters after a rashly driven Maruti Esteem car hit his motorcycle from behind in Panchsheel Park area in south Delhi on April 11, 2006 at 1.30 am. He died on way to Safdarjung hospital.
The owner and the driver of the car, however, did not appear in the court proceedings and an ex-parte judgement was passed, ordering the insurance company to the pay the compensation with interest.
While computing the compensation amount, the tribunal relied upon the service records of the victim, produced by the Delhi Police.
It also rejected the insurance company's plea that it cannot be asked to pay the compensation as the accused driver, according to the police, was drunk.
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