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HC to insurer: Can’t deny compensation on the ground that driver was drunk | Kolkata News

HC to insurer: Can’t deny compensation on the ground that driver was drunk | Kolkata News

Kolkata: Insurers cannot deny compensation to the family of a fatal road accident victim merely because an autopsy has detected alcohol in the abdomen, as the deceased is not available to defend himself against allegations of drunk driving, Calcutta high court has observed.Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury on Friday upheld an East Midnapore court's decision awarding Rs 11.4 lakh to the biker's family,...