Thane, Sep 28 (PTI) The National Lok Adalat held in Maharashtra’s Thane district on Saturday settled a death claim by ordering compensation of Rs 4.50 crore to the relatives of a man who was killed in a road accident in 2022.
A total of 31125 matters, including pre-litigation and pending ones, were settled in the Lokadalat and the amount involved was Rs 159.67 crore, District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) secretary I K Suryavanshi informed.
Pankaj Ramesh Shedge, who was a senior employee of an IT company located at Irvine in California of the USA, earned an annual salary of USD 110,000. On December 9, 2022, when he was going on his scooter on Panvel-Mumbra Road, he was hit by a truck, which ultimately resulted in his death.
The family had sought compensation of Rs 30 crore from the insurance company.
Advocate G A Vinod, who represented the claimants, emphasized the emotional and financial devastation the family faced due to the loss of their primary breadwinner. The insurance company settled the claim for Rs 4.50 crore.
Apart from this case, claims of different amounts, including Rs 1.33 crore, Rs 75 lakh, Rs 65.40 lakh, Rs 62 lakh and Rs 56.80 lakh were settled during the Lok Adalat.
The settlement cheques were presented to the claimants during a formal ceremony attended by District Judge A N Sirsikar, Chief Judicial Magistrate S K Fokmare, member of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) S N Shah and District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) Secretary I K Suryavanshi.
A claim of Rs 1.33 crore for the death of Sushil Mohan Sawant was also settled at the Lok Adalat.
Sawant, a 46-year-old manager at a computer firm, was commuting to work when a bus hit his motorcycle, resulting in his death in March last year. His family members demanded compensation of Rs 2 crore from the insurance company.
“A total of 31125 matters, including pre-litigation and pending ones, were settled in the Lok Adalat on Saturday. The total amount settled was Rs 159,67,19,430. By settling as many as 20,034 pending matters, Thane district was leading in the state. A total of 950 matters pending for 10-30 years were resolved in this Lok Adalat,” DLSA secretary Suryavanshi said in a release.
A total of 217 MACT claims involving an amount of Rs. 26,80,49,722 were settled, while 51 marital disputes were resolved amicably, he added.
“A total of 985 cheque bouncing cases involving Rs 12,79,00,620 were also settled in the Adalat by 108 different panels. Different authorities also resolved 103 matters involving Rs 33,77,67,847,” Suryavanshi informed. PTI COR NP BNM
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