GANGTOK, India, July 18 -- Sikkim High Court issued the following judgment/order on July 10:

Bhaskar Raj Pradhan, J. 1. The appellants/claimants-father and mother of the deceased in an application filed under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (the MV Act) had sought compensation to the tune of Rs. 22,41,000/- (Rupees twenty two lakhs forty one thousand) only, on account of the accidental death of their son in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on 20.04.2023.

2. The question which arose for consideration before the learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (the learned Tribunal) was whether the deceased was a workman covered by the insurance policy or a gratuitous passenger not entitled to compensation? Both were questions of fa...