Mumbai MACT Awards ₹31.84 Lakh Compensation To Musician's Family For 2018 Death

The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) in Mumbai has awarded ₹31.84 lakh in compensation to the family of Harshad Chaganlal Mistry, a Dahisar-based musician who died after being knocked down by a motorcycle in November 2018. The tribunal directed the motorcycle rider and owner to jointly and severally pay the amount, along with 7.5 per cent annual interest from the date of the claim filed in 2019.

MACT Member K.K. Shah delivered the judgment on September 10 in an application filed by the deceased's widow, Urvashi Harshad Mistry, and son, Viral Harshad Mistry. The tribunal held the rider directly liable and the motorcycle owner vicariously liable for the accident.

Mistry was waiting for a bus at Ghartanpada No. 2 BEST bus stop on the Western Express Highway in Dahisar (East) on November 4, 2018, when the motorcycle allegedly hit him. He was admitted to Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Hospital, Kandivali, then transferred to Karuna Hospital, where he died on November 25, 2018.