The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT), Mohali, has awarded ₹7 lakh compensation to the family of a 65-year-old milk vendor who died after a truck hit his bicycle near Banur last year, holding the truck driver responsible for the fatal accident.
Presiding officer Atul Kasana directed the driver, owner and insurer of the truck to pay the compensation jointly and severally, with 7.5% annual interest from the date of filing of the claim petition until its realisation.
The tribunal passed the order on a petition filed by the widow, two sons and two married daughters of Mani Singh alias Manee Singh, a resident of village Mathiaran in Banur, who sought ₹75 lakh compensation under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act.
According to the claim petition, the accident took place around 6.45 am on October 17, 2025, when Mani Singh was returning to his village on a bicycle after selling milk in Banur. His son, Nirmal Singh, who was riding another bicycle behind him, witnessed the accident.
The petition stated that a truck bearing registration number PB-11-AF-8683 struck Mani Singh’s bicycle from behind near a petrol pump in front of Pradhan Dhaba at village Momli under Lalru police station limits. The injured man was taken to Civil Hospital, Banur, and later referred to Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh, where he died the same day.
