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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Motor accidents claim- Even if the injured failed to produce hospital bills, compensation for treatment can be allowed..

Motor accidents claim- Even if the injured failed to produce hospital bills, compensation for treatment can be allowed..
Assume a situation where you were admitted in hospital and were undergoing treatment for the accident which you met, due to rash and negligent driving of some other person on the public road. You omitted to keep the bills of the hospital expenses and medicine. However, you proceed to get compensation from the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal. During evidence, you have not produced the bills, because the same were not in your custody. Can the Tribunal award compensation for you in the particular head of hospital expenses ?
It was held in Muneera V. M D KSRTC, that even if the bills of hospital expenses are not maintained and produced before the Tribunal, notional compensation can be awarded to the injured. In the case in hand, the Division Bench of High Court of Kerala ordered to pay a compensation of Rs 20000/- towards the head of hospital expneses; even though no bills was produced by the injured/claimant. 

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