Morbi bridge collapse: HC orders Oreva Group to pay Rs 10 lakh to victims’ kin
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AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday directed Clock manufacturing agency Oreva Group, the corporate which maintained the Morbi suspension bridge that collapsed killing 135 folks, to pay Rs 10 lakh as interim compensation to the kin of every deceased and Rs 2 lakh to every injured inside 4 weeks.
A division bench of Chief Justice Sonia Gokani and Justice Sandeep Bhatt requested the corporate to pay the interim compensation.
The court docket ordered that each injured individual ought to be paid interim compensation of Rs two lakh.
The suspension bridge on the Machchhu river in Morbi city collapsed on October 30 final yr, killing 135 individuals and injuring 56 others.
On Tuesday, 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 folks left injured when a British-era suspension bridge collapsed in October final yr.
The court docket had, nevertheless, stated the compensation supplied by the corporate was not “just”.
Oreva Group, led by its MD Jaysukh Patel, was chargeable for the operation and upkeep of the bridge with a particular investigation crew (SIT) fashioned by the state authorities citing a number of lapses on the a part of the agency.
Oreva Group, led by its MD Jaysukh Patel, was chargeable for the operation and upkeep of the bridge with a particular investigation crew (SIT) fashioned by the state authorities citing a number of lapses on the a part of the agency.
AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday directed Clock manufacturing agency Oreva Group, the corporate which maintained the Morbi suspension bridge that collapsed killing 135 folks, to pay Rs 10 lakh as interim compensation to the kin of every deceased and Rs 2 lakh to every injured inside 4 weeks.
A division bench of Chief Justice Sonia Gokani and Justice Sandeep Bhatt requested the corporate to pay the interim compensation.
The court docket ordered that each injured individual ought to be paid interim compensation of Rs two lakh.
The suspension bridge on the Machchhu river in Morbi city collapsed on October 30 final yr, killing 135 individuals and injuring 56 others.
On Tuesday, 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 folks left injured when a British-era suspension bridge collapsed in October final yr.
The court docket had, nevertheless, stated the compensation supplied by the corporate was not “just”.
Oreva Group, led by its MD Jaysukh Patel, was chargeable for the operation and upkeep of the bridge with a particular investigation crew (SIT) fashioned by the state authorities citing a number of lapses on the a part of the agency.
Oreva Group, led by its MD Jaysukh Patel, was chargeable for the operation and upkeep of the bridge with a particular investigation crew (SIT) fashioned by the state authorities citing a number of lapses on the a part of the agency.
