Panchkula, April 20 -- The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT), has awarded compensation of Rs.31.56 lakh to the parents of a 22-year-old man who died in a road accident, and Rs.4.28 lakh to an injured claimant in the same case.

56-year-old Kaushalya Devi and her 69-year-old husband, Dukha Paswan, residents of Sitamarhi district in Bihar, filed the claim petition in July 2024 following the death of their son, Amod Paswan. A separate claim petition was also filed by 36-year-old Mohan Lal, a resident of Tri Nagar, Delhi, who was injured in the accident.

As per the case, on the intervening night of May 1 and 2, 2024, Mohan Lal (driver), Amod Paswan, and Vishal Kumar were returning from Dehradun to Chandigarh in a Bolero SUV. Amod was sea...