Archive · 20 Nov 2025
MACT Awards Rs 27.9 Lakh to Bus Driver's Family
A court in India has given money (Rs 27.9 lakh) to the family of a bus driver who died in a crash.
The other driver was at fault.
The money will help the family as the bus driver can't work anymore.
Thane MACT awards Rs 27.9 lakh compensation to kin of bus driver killed in collision
Truck driver's negligence found to be the cause of the accident
Compensation includes Rs 18.08 lakh for loss of future income and Rs 9.04 lakh for future prospects
Truck owner and Reliance General Insurance Co. Ltd. ordered to pay jointly with 9% interest
Insurer's claim of policy breach dismissed due to insufficient evidence
- Who
- Shankar Jagannath Sable, a bus driver
- What
- Awarded compensation for his death in a 2011 bus-truck collision
- When
- November 18, 2020 (order delivery); July 17, 2011 (accident); August 10, 2011 (death)
- Where
- Pen, Raigad district, Maharashtra, India
- Why
- To compensate the family for the loss of income and future prospects
- Victim's Name
- Shankar Jagannath Sable
- Accident Date
- July 17, 2011
- Death Date
- August 10, 2011
- Compensation Amount
- Rs 27.9 lakh
- Interest Rate
- 9%
- Compensation Breakdown
- Rs 18.08 lakh (loss of future income), Rs 9.04 lakh (future prospects)