India, Sept. 6 -- A Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal has directed an insurance company to pay '40.91 lakh compensation to a woman who suffered miscarriage due to a road accident in 2018. Presiding officer Shelly Arora was hearing the claim petition of Anshu Kashyap, who suffered injuries after a rashly driven vehicle hit her on December 12, 2018.
The claimant said she had already been certified as disabled owing to dwarfism suffering from 40 per cent disability and the accident rendered her with 84 per cent permanent disability in her lower limbs. In an order dated September 2, the tribunal held the accident was caused by the driver's "speedy and reckless" driving.
On the point of compensation, the tribunal said the 41-year-old woman lost ...