Victims in hit-and-run cases can look for settlement from the State under Solatium Scheme

It is the responsibility of the claims query officer to acquire a copy of the FIR, inquest report, post-mortem report or certificate of injury as the case might be from the worried authorities, the court observed A view of the Kerala High Court (File Photo) It is the task of the claims query officer to acquire a copy of the FIR, inquest report, post-mortem report or certificate of injury as the case might be from the worried authorities, the court observed The Kerala High Court has actually held that it is the task of the claims query officer (Revenue Divisional Officer) under the Solatium Scheme, 1989, to acquire a copy of the very first Information report (FIR), inquest report, post-mortem or certificate of injury from the authorities in cases looking for settlement in hit-and-run mishap cases. Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan observed that the Solatium Scheme, 1989, was framed by the Central Government based upon Section 163( 1) of the Motor Vehicle Act,1988 Based on the plan, the victim just requires to send Form I application, together with properly filled discharge invoice in Form II and an endeavor in Form V to the claims query officer. It is the task of the claims query officer to acquire a copy of the FIR, inquest report, post-mortem report or certificate of injury as the case might be from the worried authorities. On invoice of the report from the claims query officer, the Claims Settlement Commissioner (District Collector) will sanction the claim as quickly as possible, within fifteen days from the date of invoice of such report. The court made the observations while getting rid of a writ petition submitted by a mishap victim looking for a regulation to the State federal government to provide him settlement for the injuries sustained in a hit-and-run mishap in Ernakulam. The court explained that the public was not knowledgeable about the plan which they were oblivious about the qualified authority to whom the application was to be sent. The plan was a total code and a time frame was likewise recommended for paying the settlement in ‘hit-and-run motor mishap cases. The victims of hit-and-run motor mishap cases must conjure up the above arrangements and the statutory settlement offered to them must be made use of, the court included.
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