A Bihar State Road Transport Corporation (BSRTC) bus was seized on Friday and parked on the Ranchi Civil Court premises following an attachment order issued by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) over the non-payment of accident compensation. The state-run corporation faces an outstanding liability of approximately 1.15 crore rupees owed to the surviving family of a road accident victim, an amount comprising a principal award of 93.38 lakh rupees alongside accumulated interest. The vehicle will remain impounded in the court compound until the entire compensation liability is cleared. Enforcement proceedings were initiated after the transport corporation failed to satisfy the original tribunal ruling.
Single Vehicle Found and Impounded from Ranchi Depot
The physical seizure was conducted under the direct supervision of Ranchi Civil Court Nazir Zeeshan Iqbal and advocate Pradeep Kumar Agrawal. The enforcement team arrived at the local BSRTC depot to carry out the tribunal mandate, which had sanctioned the formal attachment of four corporation passenger buses. However, inspection teams located only a single vehicle on depot grounds during the operation. Officers moved the available bus to the Civil Court premises for custody. The total financial claim stems from an original sum of 93,38,294 rupees awarded alongside 7.5 percent annual interest calculated from May 26, 2023, bringing the running obligation to approximately 1.15 crore rupees. Court directives clarify that the impounded bus cannot be returned to service until the corporation clears the compensation and accumulated interest in full.
Kin Initiated Execution Case After Corporation Defaulted on 2024 Award
The ongoing legal dispute originated from a motor accident compensation petition instituted in 2023 following the death of Vibhuti Prasad Singh in a traffic collision. His wife, Munni Devi, together with their three children, approached the claims tribunal seeking statutory compensation. Following hearings, the tribunal passed a formal award in 2024 instructing the Bihar State Road Transport Corporation to disburse 93,38,294 rupees to the dependants, accompanied by 7.5 percent annual interest running from May 26, 2023. When the corporation failed to remit the directed funds, Munni Devi and her children filed an execution petition requesting coercive recovery through the attachment of state-owned commercial assets, ultimately prompting the warrant against four corporation buses.
High Court Rejects Review Petition After Tribunal Refuses Recall
In an effort to avert enforcement, the BSRTC had submitted an application before the tribunal seeking to overturn the ex parte award, but the petition was dismissed. The corporation then moved a civil review plea before the Jharkhand High Court to challenge the order. The single bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi dismissed the plea, noting that no apparent error existed in the previous judgment and characterizing the review filing as an abuse of the judicial process. With all procedural challenges exhausted and both legal forums refusing relief, the tribunal ordered the attachment to proceed. Officials are maintaining custody of the single seized bus at the Ranchi court while the remaining three ordered vehicles were not found at the depot.
