New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday requested the DDA to pay Rs 20 lakh as compensation to the authorized heirs of the mother-son duo who died after falling right into a waterlogged open drain right here in July.
The counsel for the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) initially mentioned it was prepared to offer Rs 15 lakh as compensation to the victims’ household however a bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Manmohan nudged it to pay Rs 20 lakh as an alternative because it was the “norm”.
“Counsel for the DDA said without prejudice to its rights and contentions and without admitting any liability on its part, as a humanitarian gesture, it is willing to pay Rs 20 lakh to the legal heirs of the deceased, namely Tanuja and Priyansh,” recorded the bench, additionally comprising Justice Tushar Rao Gedela, within the order.
The courtroom was listening to a public curiosity litigation (PIL) plea filed by Jhunnu Lal Srivastava, a resident of Mayur Vihar Phase 3, for motion towards the contractor and DDA officers for his or her alleged negligence that led to the demise of the lady and her three-year-old son.
Tanuja (22) and her son Priyansh drowned within the half-open under-construction drain in a waterlogged road in east Delhi’s Ghazipur space as heavy rains lashed Delhi-NCR within the night of July 31.
The Delhi Police submitted {that a} draft cost sheet has been ready within the legal case associated to the deaths and the ultimate cost sheet will probably be filed after it receives sanction from the competent authorities to prosecute the officers accountable.
The police’s counsel had earlier instructed the courtroom that it was a DDA contractor who had left the drain uncovered on the website of the incident after endeavor some work there.
Considering the stand taken by the authorities, the courtroom noticed that no additional orders have been referred to as for and closed the proceedings within the matter.
It additionally took on file MCD’s assurance that every one the restore, redevelopment and development work within the space the place the incident happened will probably be accomplished by December.
The courtroom, after perusing the images of the drains, mentioned the positioning was “still quite dirty” and requested the civic physique to get it cleaned as “dengue is spreading in Delhi”.
Last month, the courtroom had pulled up the DDA over the demise of mother-son duo, because it famous that the officers didn’t “supervise” the work executed there by the contractor who allegedly left sure parts of the drain uncovered.
It had then requested the DDA counsel to hunt directions on cost of compensation to the victims’ household earlier than the following date of listening to.
Earlier, police had instructed the courtroom that an FIR was registered for offences beneath part 106 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for “causing death by negligence”.
Published 05 September 2024, 12:18 IST
