India, Oct. 26 -- The Delhi High Court has observed that road users in India have a propensity not to follow road discipline or to adhere strictly to traffic regulations. The apex court made this observation while dismissing an appeal by ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company challenging an order of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT), which had awarded compensation of Rs.1.7 crore with interest to Satish Chandra Gupta, who suffered grievous injuries after the car in which he was travelling crashed into a road divider while attempting to avoid hitting a dog.

PTI has reported that the Delhi High Court, in its order on October 5, held that the driver's plea that he had swerved to save the animal did not, by itself, absolve him of ne...