Summary:
The family of a Thane civic worker, who was killed in a road accident on Mumbai-Nashik Highway over two years back, has been awarded Rs 40 lakh compensation by a Lok Adalat held in the district. The claim was settled by SBI General Insurance Company during the Lok Adalat held at Kalyan on Saturday. The claim made by the family members of the deceased, Harishchandra Sase, 46, was settled in the presence of the district judges Anil Subramaniam and K D Jadhav as well as senior officials of the SBI. His family members had moved the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) at Kalyan seeking compensation. Meanwhile, M R Deshpande, secretary of the District Legal Aid Services Authority said 59 benches at the Lok Adalat in Kalyan disposed of as many as 2,675 cases, which involved R32.33 crore..