Mohali, April 7 -- The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT), Mohali, has awarded Rs.13 lakh compensation to the elderly parents of a 45-year-old man who died after a car hit him near the Jharmadi bus stop along the Punjab-Haryana border last year and fled the scene. According to the petition, the victim, Sanjeev Kumar, had been waiting for a bus to Ambala with his younger brother, Rakesh Kumar, around 11 pm on May 21, 2025, when a speeding car struck him and fled. Local residents rushed him to civil hospital, Dera Bassi, where doctors declared him dead. Rakesh appeared as the sole eyewitness and told the tribunal that the vehicle appeared suddenly and hit his brother before anyone could react. He stated that he noted the registration number in a moment of panic and later corrected it in a supplementary statement after verifying the sequence. The tribunal accepted the explanation, observing that the correction did not affect the core description of the accident. The FIR, medical records, site plan and police's final report supported Rakesh's account. The driver, Ajay, denied involvement and claimed he had been falsely named, but he did not step into the witness box to support his defence. The tribunal applied the standard multiplier method, added filial consortium for both parents and other admissible heads, and arrived at a total compensation of Rs.13 lakh. The insurer has been directed to release the amount with 7.5% annual interest from the date of filing the petition....