Chandigarh, Nov. 5 -- The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal awarded Rs.15.63 lakh in compensation, along with annual interest at 7.5%, to a couple after their petition in connection with a road accident was partly allowed.

The claim petition, filed by Lata Devi and her husband, Bal Mukand, residents of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh, was submitted in 2021 following the death of their 23-year-old son, Neeraj Kumar, in an accident that occurred on July 4, 2020. Neeraj was traveling as a co-driver with Ved Parkash Sharma in a canter while transporting a consignment from Nagpur to Srinagar.

The accident took place around 5:30 pm near the turning point of Kotputli city in Rajasthan. According to the claim petition, the canter collided with ...