Tribunal awards 1.4 cr to victim’s family

Officials of General Insurance Company presented the cheque for the amount to the family of Nedunchezhiyan after Motor Accident Claims Tribunal Judge M P Subramanian and Additional District Judge Ravichandran ordered the compensation at the Lok Adalat held here on Saturday. 

Nedunchezhian (45), who was the chief motor mechanic of a private firm at Odisha, succumbed to injuries following a collision involving his two-wheeler and another bike here on December 2012. 

His family submitted that Nedunchezhian was earning a monthly salary of Rs 1.6 lakh and he was their only earning member. 

They sought Rs 4.4 crore as compensation. After taking the family’s claim into account the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal awarded the family Rs 1.4 crore as compensation. 

The cheque was presented by the insurance company officials to Nedunchehiyan’s widow Anushiya and mother Kuppayee Ammal.