Srinagar, Oct. 23 -- The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal in Srinagar has directed Oriental Insurance Company to pay Rs 58,50,282, with 9 percent annual interest, to the family of an engineer who died when his car plunged into a gorge in Ramban more than thirteen years ago.

The award, delivered Wednesday by Presiding Officer Fayaz Ahmad Qureshi, settles a claim filed in 2015 by the widow, two minor daughters and elderly parents of Syed Javed Nazir, a junior engineer at the Baglihar Hydel Project.

Nazir was driving his Hyundai Santro from Srinagar to Chandrakot on July 30, 2013, when the vehicle went out of control near Digdol on NH-1A and fell 300 to 400 metres. He died on the spot. Police registered an FIR under rash-driving provisions b...