evidence: [orc]A message about government paying compensation in case of accidental deaths is being widely shared on WhatsApp. This claims made in the message are false. This is the age of fake & false news. Not a day passes without coming across at least one fake/false news story. In the past few days, a message has been going around on WhatsApp that the government is obliged to give compensation worth ten times the average annual income of the last three years to that person’s family who dies in an accident. The message also says this is based on a particular section of the Motor Vehicles Act 1988 (MV Act) and a Supreme Court judgement in a related case. Both the claims are false as we explain below. [...] Featured Image: Government Compensation for Accident Deaths