From Our Correspondent
Khliehriat, Jan 8: The Deputy Commissioner, East Jaintia Hills, has informed here on Monday that the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, as amended vide Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019, enhanced the compensation to be paid in respect of the death of or grievous injury to persons resulting from hit and run motor accidents.
According to the statement, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India had published ‘Compensation to Victim of Hit and Run Motor Accidents Scheme, 2022”
to provide compensation of Rs 2 lakh in case of death of any person resulting from a hit and run motor accident and Rs 50000 for grievous hurt resulting from hit and run motor accident.
The scheme provides for the settlement of claims in a time-bound manner. The claims inquiry officer is required to convey the decision within one month of receipt of the claim, after which the claims settlement officer is provided with 15 days to sanction the claims and forward the sanction order to the General Insurance (GI) Council with intimation to the concerned Motor Accident Claim Tribunal and Transport Commissioner. Subsequently, the transfer of compensation amount to the claimant is to be processed within 15 days by the GI Council, the statement added.