Tribunal awards ₹1.98 crore compensation to family of man killed by car driven by juvenile

A Motor Accident Claim Tribunal (MACT) ordered an insurance company to pay a compensation of around ₹1.98 crore to victim Sidharth Sharma's parents, in the eight-year-old hit-and-run case involving a 17-year-old minor in Delhi's Civil Lines area, news agency ANI reported.

The boy’s father, who runs a business of wedding cards, was chargesheeted under sections of the Motor Vehicles Act.

The Tribunal directed the company to pay ₹1.98 crore, which includes ₹1.21 crore as compensation and ₹77.61 lakh interest, to the victim's parents within 30 days. However, the company has been granted the freedom to recover the amount from the minor's father's company, under which the speeding car had been registered.