Mother’s death in road accident: Karnataka HC tells children to recover ₹25 lakh compensation from ‘offender’ father

Bengaluru / Karnataka : 19/08/2020 : A view of High Court of Karnataka on 19 August 2020. Photo : V Sreenivasa Murthy/The Hindu. | Photo Credit: SREENIVASA MURTHY V The High Court of Karnataka has said two children, both majors, will have to recover from their father the ₹25 lakh compensation, awarded by a tribunal for their mother’s death in a road accident, as the father’s negligence in driving the motorcycle had caused her death.Justice Shivashankar Amarannavar passed the order while rejecting the appeals filed by the children seeking directions to the insurance company to pay the compensation to them as was awarded by the tribunal and recover the amount from their father, who owned the two-wheeler which was insured.The tribunal, which had awarded compensation of ₹25 lakh with 6% intere