Kozhikode, Nov. 19 -- The Vadakara Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (MACT) today directed an insurance company to pay Rs 1.15 crore to the parents of a girl Drishna (10), who has been in a coma for the past 21 months and is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital in Kottayam, following a road accident at Kainatti near Chorode on the NH in Vadakara on February 17, 2024.
The MACT issued the order during an adalat held here. The Kerala High court had earlier taken suo moto cognizance of the incident and sought a report from the Victims Rights Centre (VRC) under the Kerala Legal Service Authority KLSA) whose intervention led to the crucial directive from the tribunal.
Drishna, daughter of Sudheer and Smitha of Mele Chowa in Kannur is a Cl...