
Kerala High Court rules in favour of deducting accident claim sum from compensation given under mediclaim policy
The Hindu
The court observes that treating motor accident claim as a “statutory liability” and mediclaim as a “contractual liability” was not justified. There could be no such categorisation.
The Kerala High Court has ruled that if a claim under the mediclaim policy is received for meeting hospital expenses following a road accident, the same can be deducted from the compensation awarded by a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MCAT).
The court made the observation on Thursday while disposing of an appeal against a compensation awarded by the MACT, Ernakulam.

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