Rs 10L relief for kin of road accident victims

Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, January 25

The District Legal Services Authority, Hoshiarpur, today awarded compensation in cases of road accident deaths through the District Level Committee of Victim Compensation, Hoshiarpur.

The three-member committee passed awards in five cases. These were the cases in which the persons had died in the road accident and the police report of the unidentified persons was accepted by the judicial courts. The committee passed an award of compensation of Rs 2 lakh to the dependent family members of the each victim.

The cases of the persons who die in the road accident go to the courts; the police report of the unidentified person is accepted by the courts in these cases, which are placed in the district-level committee after completing the paperwork of the dependent family members by the DLSA. After the investigation of the case is completed by the committee, the award of compensation to the victim as per the rules is ordered.

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