NEW INDIA ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED versus DOLLY SATISH GANDHI & ANR.

Case summary from SCR

Issue for Consideration Whether the amount of money received as Mediclaim, in terms of a mediclaim policy, is deductible from an award passed by a Claims Tribunal or not. Headnotes† Motor Vehicles Act 1988 – ss.166, 168 – Amount received as mediclaim/medical insurance not by Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (MACT) – High Court by way of the impugned judgment held that the amount received by a claimant by way of his mediclaim, is not deductible when such a claimant is before the MACT seeking compensation for injuries suffered as a result of an accident –