State govt computes compensation of Rs 31.75L each for 12 student victims

In an affidavit submitted by Advocate General Kamal Trivedi to the tribunal connected Friday, the authorities authorities informed the precocious tribunal that it has calculated a compensation of Rs 31.75 lakh each for the 12 deceased children portion the 2 deceased teachers — Chhaya Surti and Falguni Patel — person been awarded a compensation of Rs 11.21 lakh and Rs 16.68 lakh, respectively. The 2 injured schoolhouse helpers person been awarded a compensation of Rs 50,000.

The affidavit of the state, submitted by Sub Divisional Magistrate and Deputy Collector, Vadodara, VK Sambad — who was appointed by District Collector of Vadodara to compute a compensation — states, “… issued notices to the families of victims arsenic good arsenic the contractor i.e. Kotia Projects and owed accidental of proceeding was besides provided connected assorted occasions… aft considering each the documents and grounds produced by either parties, portion keeping successful caput the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, arsenic good arsenic the principles laid down by the Honorable Supreme Court [in 2 cases pertaining to compensation].. has arrived astatine the probable computation of compensation for the 14 deceased persons and 2 injured persons.”

The annexed February 6 bid of the Deputy Collector successful computing of compensation states that since the deceased children were minors, they had “no autarkic income”, the magnitude has, therefore, been arrived astatine arsenic per the guidelines laid down by the SC successful the 2013 landmark judgement to compute the yearly income of children oregon deceased without income successful accidents.

The bid of the Deputy Collector states that the victims’ kin had demanded a compensation of Rs 5 crore per household arsenic good arsenic a “handsome compensation” of Rs 50 lakh for the 2 injured persons.

The bid states that the notional computed yearly income of the 12 children was estimated to beryllium Rs 1.54 lakh portion the income of the teachers had been proven to beryllium Rs 12,500 for Chhaya Surti and Rs 15,624 for Falguni Patel.

The last computation of the compensation of Rs 31.75 lakh per household of the 12 children was done taking into relationship notional “increments, expenditures, nonaccomplishment of and dependency”.

The bid of the Deputy Collector besides states, “The decided compensation is to beryllium paid on with 9 per cent yearly involvement from the day of filing of the PIL till the day of the outgo of the compensation.”

Advocate for the victims’ families successful the High Court, Utkarsh Dave, told The Indian Express: “The bid of the Deputy Collector has specifically awarded the compensation of Rs 31.75 lakh to the 12 deceased minors and Rs 11.21 lakh and Rs 16.68 lakh to the 2 teachers… We volition besides rise a beardown lawsuit successful the substance that the Vadodara Municipal Corporation arsenic good arsenic the New Sunrise schoolhouse whitethorn besides beryllium compelled to wage compensation arsenic it has been established connected grounds that the lapses connected portion of the VMC and the responsibility of the schoolhouse successful seeking nary support and conducting nary inspection of the spot and besides failing to support the children safe, led to the tragic incident”.

The High Court volition adjacent perceive the lawsuit connected February 17.