India, March 7 -- A Delhi Motor Accident Claims Tribunal has awarded over Rs 1.21 crore as compensation to a woman who suffered amputation of her left leg after a road accident in 2016.

Presiding Officer Richa Manchanda was hearing a claim petition filed by Renuka Bisht, a resident of Delhi's Narela, who lost her leg after a motorcycle hit her two-wheeler on March 8, 2016.

In an order dated February 25, the tribunal said, "The evidence which has come on record, it is held that the petitioner has been able to prove his case on the basis of preponderance of probabilities, that she sustained injuries in a road accident which took place due to rash and negligent driving of offending vehicle by respondent number 1 (biker)."

The tribunal not...