Friday, June 20, 2014

State moves SC after contempt plea filed in Kumbakonam school fire tragedy case

Chennai:
After a contempt petition was moved in High Court against the state
chief secretary and school education secretary for failing to adhere
to High Court order in appointing one man commission to determine the
compensation payable to families of Kumbakonam school fire tragedy in
July 2004, a special leave petition has been filed by state government
in Supreme Court.



The special government pleader K Krishnakumar minformed the Madras
High court bench comprising of Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar and
Justice M Sathyanarayanan.


The contempt petition was filed by by K Inbaraj, who lost his two sons
in the fire accident. Families of 94 students, who were burnt alive
during the incident, are yet to get compensation from the government,
a decade after the incident.

High Court on October 19, 2012, appointed one man commission headed by
former high court judge P Shanmugham for determining the compensation
payable to families of deceased as well as injured students, the
government has yet to act upon it, the contempt petition filed stated.

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