Chandigarh, Sept. 22 -- The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT), presided over by Ashwani Kumar, has dismissed a Rs.40 lakh claim application filed by the parents of a 24-year-old man who died in a 2012 accident. The tribunal's decision, issued on Tuesday, highlighted that "the claimants had concealed crucial information and that their petition was not maintainable."

The driver of the vehicle involved in the accident informed the tribunal that the claimants had previously filed and withdrawn two separate claim petitions. The driver pointed out that the claimants had concealed the fact that their second claim petition, which was withdrawn in December 2018 from the MACT in Panchkula, was dismissed with a specific denial of the "liberty t...