Rs 59 Lakh compensation to husband of Delhi doctor who died in Road Accident: Court
MACT presiding officer Sameer Bajpai awarded the compensation to the husband of Verma, who was a qualified MBBS doctor working with Lady Harding Medical College & Sucheta Kriplani Hospital, New Delhi.
New Delhi: A Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) has awarded over Rs 59 lakh as compensation to the husband of a 29-year-old doctor who was killed after being hit by a tractor in 2008 here.
The offending tractor with an open trolley had hit the car in which south Delhi-resident Verma, a third-year PG student then, was travelling with her husband and his family on the Delhi-Mathura road near Haryana. Verma was pursuing MD in Biochemistry from Lady Hardinge Medical College.
MACT presiding officer Sameer Bajpai awarded the compensation to the husband of Verma, who was a qualified MBBS doctor working with Lady Harding Medical College & Sucheta Kriplani Hospital, New Delhi.
"The petitioner has successfully established on record that Pooja Verma succumbed to the injuries sustained in the road accident due to rash and negligent driving of vehicle... Therefore, this issue is decided in favour of the petitioners and against the respondents," the court said.
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