<p>The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal directed HDFC ERGO General Insurance company, with which the offending bus was insured, to pay Rs 16,57,000 to Dilshad Garden resident Raju Kanojia.<br /><br />"Petitioner (Raju) was able to prove that the accident was caused due to rash and negligent driving of the bus driver," MACT Judge Shalinder Kaur said.<br /><br />The court said the medical reports of the 32-year-old victim showed he had undergone two surgeries for amputation of his left leg after the accident.<br /><br />It noted, in its order, that during the first surgery, his left leg was amputated below knee and subsequently it had to be amputated above the knee.<br /><br />Raju told the court that the mishap took place barely a few meters away from his home at Dilshad Garden on August 9, 2010 evening when he was walking back home. The bus was being driven by Sushil Kumar.<br /><br />The victim said as he fell down his leg came under the wheels of the bus and he was taken to a nearby hospital where he had to undergo two surgeries and eventually lost his leg.<br /><br />The court fixed Rs 16.57 lakh compensation for Raju, taking into account his monthly income of Rs 12,000 which he used to earn as a washerman but which he was now deprived of after loosing his leg. <br /><br /></p>
<p>The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal directed HDFC ERGO General Insurance company, with which the offending bus was insured, to pay Rs 16,57,000 to Dilshad Garden resident Raju Kanojia.<br /><br />"Petitioner (Raju) was able to prove that the accident was caused due to rash and negligent driving of the bus driver," MACT Judge Shalinder Kaur said.<br /><br />The court said the medical reports of the 32-year-old victim showed he had undergone two surgeries for amputation of his left leg after the accident.<br /><br />It noted, in its order, that during the first surgery, his left leg was amputated below knee and subsequently it had to be amputated above the knee.<br /><br />Raju told the court that the mishap took place barely a few meters away from his home at Dilshad Garden on August 9, 2010 evening when he was walking back home. The bus was being driven by Sushil Kumar.<br /><br />The victim said as he fell down his leg came under the wheels of the bus and he was taken to a nearby hospital where he had to undergo two surgeries and eventually lost his leg.<br /><br />The court fixed Rs 16.57 lakh compensation for Raju, taking into account his monthly income of Rs 12,000 which he used to earn as a washerman but which he was now deprived of after loosing his leg. <br /><br /></p>