SC asks Gujarat HC to periodically monitor probe, different elements associated to Morbi bridge collapse
By PTI
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday requested the Gujarat High Court to periodically monitor the probe and different elements associated to the Morbi bridge collapse incident which claimed over 140 lives.
A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice Hima Kohli stated that as a division bench headed by the Gujarat High Court Chief Justice has already taken a suo motu notice of the incident and has handed a number of orders, it is not going to hear the petitions as of now.
It, nonetheless, permitted a PIL petitioner and one other litigant, who misplaced his two kin within the incident, to maneuver the excessive court docket with their pleas in search of unbiased probe and award of dignified compensation to those that misplaced their relations.
The prime court docket additionally stated that the petitioners might strategy it later.
The British-era bridge on the Machchhu river in Morbi collapsed on October 30 leaving over 140 useless together with 47 youngsters.
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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday requested the Gujarat High Court to periodically monitor the probe and different elements associated to the Morbi bridge collapse incident which claimed over 140 lives.
A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice Hima Kohli stated that as a division bench headed by the Gujarat High Court Chief Justice has already taken a suo motu notice of the incident and has handed a number of orders, it is not going to hear the petitions as of now.
It, nonetheless, permitted a PIL petitioner and one other litigant, who misplaced his two kin within the incident, to maneuver the excessive court docket with their pleas in search of unbiased probe and award of dignified compensation to those that misplaced their relations.
The prime court docket additionally stated that the petitioners might strategy it later.
The British-era bridge on the Machchhu river in Morbi collapsed on October 30 leaving over 140 useless together with 47 youngsters.
READ HERE | Morbi civic physique ‘performing sensible’: HC’s robust phrases on authorities’ absence from court docket
