Mediclaim Amount Not Deductible from MACT Compensation as Contractual & Statutory Benefits Are Distinct: SC

New India Assurance Company Limited Vs Dolly Satish Gandhi & Anr. (Supreme Court of India) The Supreme Court considered whether the amount received by an injured claimant under a Mediclaim/medical insurance policy should be deducted from the compensation awarded by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) under the Motor Vehicles Act (MVA). The appeal arose from a Bombay High Court judgment which had held that Mediclaim amounts are not deductible from compensation awarded by the MACT. The appellant-insurer argued that allowing both Mediclaim reimbursement and MACT compensation for medical...