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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,...

Mumbai: Upholding compensation granted by a railway claims tribunal to the family of a man who died due due to falling from a Mumbai suburban train two decades ago, Bombay high court said there was no negligence on his part."If a person has to travel for his work and it is very difficult to enter inside the compartment, the passenger has no choice, but to risk his life by standing near the door. This...

CHENNAI: A cinema theatre, which had neither elevators nor ramps, and made a person with a disability climb the staircase to watch actor Udhayanidhi's 'Nenjukku Neethi' movie, has been asked to pay ₹1 lakh as compensation to the aggrieved person.The Thiruvallur District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum passed the order based on a complaint from S Sureshkumar of Kundrathur. He complained that he went...

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin on Thursday announced compensation of Rs 560 crore to six lakh farmers affected by natural disasters like drought, flood, cyclone and unseasonal rains under the crop insurance scheme during last fiscal.The crop insurance scheme is implemented in 14 clusters comprising 37 districts by the identified insurance companies. “An area of 24.45 lakh acres was...