Morbi bridge collapse: Gujarat court docket denies interim bail to Oreva Group MD

By PTI

MORBI: A court docket on Tuesday rejected jailed Oreva Group managing director Jaysukh Patel’s plea for interim bail, which he had sought to finish the formalities to pay compensation to the victims of final 12 months’s collapse of a suspension bridge in Gujarat’s Morbi city, during which 135 folks had been killed.

The court docket of principal district and periods choose P C Joshi right here dismissed Patel’s interim bail plea, which was opposed by each the state authorities and relations of the victims.

The Ahmedabad-headquartered Oreva Group was answerable for the operation and upkeep of the ill-fated British-era bridge on the Machchhu river, which collapsed on October 30 final 12 months, killing 135 individuals and injuring 56 others.

Patel, one of many 10 accused arrested within the case, had filed a plea looking for momentary launch from jail for 15 to twenty days to finish the formalities required to pay compensation to the households of the deceased and people injured within the crash as per the Gujarat High Court’s February 22 order.

The excessive court docket had directed the corporate to pay Rs 10 lakh as interim compensation to the kin of every deceased and Rs 2 lakh to every injured inside 4 weeks.

During arguments within the periods court docket final week, the state authorities had opposed Patel’s plea and stated the corporate itself got here ahead with the provide to pay compensation to the victims, and it ought to be assumed it was prepared with the monetary association required for the fee.

The authorities additionally submitted that the excessive court docket’s path on compensation was for the Oreva Group and never its promoters, and the corporate has continued to function even when Patel was jailed.

The lawyer for the households of the victims said that if launched on bail, the businessman might attempt to affect witnesses of the case.

The Oreva Group had made a proposal earlier than the excessive court docket to pay an ‘interim’ compensation totalling Rs 5 crore to the kin of those that misplaced their lives and people injured within the collapse.

The 10 accused arrested within the case are at the moment lodged in Morbi sub- jail below judicial custody.

Patel, who was proven as an accused in a chargesheet filed by the police, had been absconding for 3 months and surrendered earlier than a court docket on January 31.

MORBI: A court docket on Tuesday rejected jailed Oreva Group managing director Jaysukh Patel’s plea for interim bail, which he had sought to finish the formalities to pay compensation to the victims of final 12 months’s collapse of a suspension bridge in Gujarat’s Morbi city, during which 135 folks had been killed.

The court docket of principal district and periods choose P C Joshi right here dismissed Patel’s interim bail plea, which was opposed by each the state authorities and relations of the victims.

The Ahmedabad-headquartered Oreva Group was answerable for the operation and upkeep of the ill-fated British-era bridge on the Machchhu river, which collapsed on October 30 final 12 months, killing 135 individuals and injuring 56 others.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Patel, one of many 10 accused arrested within the case, had filed a plea looking for momentary launch from jail for 15 to twenty days to finish the formalities required to pay compensation to the households of the deceased and people injured within the crash as per the Gujarat High Court’s February 22 order.

The excessive court docket had directed the corporate to pay Rs 10 lakh as interim compensation to the kin of every deceased and Rs 2 lakh to every injured inside 4 weeks.

During arguments within the periods court docket final week, the state authorities had opposed Patel’s plea and stated the corporate itself got here ahead with the provide to pay compensation to the victims, and it ought to be assumed it was prepared with the monetary association required for the fee.

The authorities additionally submitted that the excessive court docket’s path on compensation was for the Oreva Group and never its promoters, and the corporate has continued to function even when Patel was jailed.

The lawyer for the households of the victims said that if launched on bail, the businessman might attempt to affect witnesses of the case.

The Oreva Group had made a proposal earlier than the excessive court docket to pay an ‘interim’ compensation totalling Rs 5 crore to the kin of those that misplaced their lives and people injured within the collapse.

The 10 accused arrested within the case are at the moment lodged in Morbi sub- jail below judicial custody.

Patel, who was proven as an accused in a chargesheet filed by the police, had been absconding for 3 months and surrendered earlier than a court docket on January 31.