Accidents and Compensation

     At the pace country is marching ahead on to the path of prosperity, some law needs immediate attention of government to amend it for the benefits of public because they belongs to the public directly but its lengthy and cumbersome process make them frustrated often, and in this list is compensation to the victims of road accidents. Across India there is 2.3 million kilometers or 14.375 lakhs miles long stretch of roads, based on the length anybody can assume that on these roads number of vehicles runs would be in many fold of millions, and on these roads everything is visible like cyclists, two wheelers, three wheelers, four wheelers, heavy duty vehicles, traditional Indian rural transport etc. etc., because of unsystematic and careless pedestrians every year countless accidents happened in India. As per section 146 of insurance, it is clearly mentioned that without third party insurance, no person should be allowed to drive the vehicle, and government of India has made important provision for the victims of road accidents, for this third party insurance is must, now the ambit of insurance is increased to private players also which was earlier restricted to only four government companies, before the era of liberalization. So victim of road accidents or his/her relatives should be certain with the provision of third party insurance that they wont face any difficulties in case of accidents, in getting compensation, plus in the year 1988, Motor Vehicle Act was amended for the benefits of road accidents victims and made it very simple and in addition of it there was list in which age and as per victims income, made the criteria, but its shocking here to code that ground reality is totally opposite of it to get compensation at the time of road accidents as still it takes a long period of courts verdict to declare.
    To make compensation package public friendly and easy, government can collect insurance from vehicles owner on the pattern of road tax as it is now collected for the life of vehicles, so that common people can avoid from the tedious process of compensation. Union government’s concerned department need to take initiatives by taking responsibilities of compensation to the road accidents victims, but it is possible only if government consider that process of compensating road victims is very tough and need government to make it simpler.