India, Oct. 24 -- The Orissa high court has enhanced the compensation payable to the family of a government veterinary officer killed in a 2013 road accident, directing the insurer to pay an additional Rs.26,73,675 with 6% annual interest from the date of the claim.

Justice V Narasingh, delivering judgment in a motor accident claims case, held that the family of Dr Bijaya Kumar Mishra, then sub-divisional veterinary officer in Khurda, was entitled to a total compensation of Rs.48,26,611 - more than double the amount awarded by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT), Cuttack, in 2017.

The tribunal had earlier awarded Rs.21,52,936 to Mishra's widow Surama Pati, and children, Bijeta and Sarthak Mishra, for his death in a car crash near ...