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Dabwali fire: DAV school, hall owner to pay
Rs.34 crore
Thursday January 24, 2013 12:05:49 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The managing committee of Haryana's Mandi
Dabwali-based DAV Public School and a marriage hall will have to
pay Rs.34 crore, along with interest, as compensation to victims
of the 1995 fire tragedy in which 446 people were killed, the
Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
An apex court bench of Justice B.S. Chauhan and Justice K. Gopala
Gowda dismissed an appeal by the schools' managing committee,
thus, clearing the decks for the payment of compensation to the
victims' kin.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court Nov 9, 2009, enhanced the
compensation to Rs.34 crore plus six percent interest to make up
for the delay in payment of compensation to the victims.
Dismissing the appeal by the DAV School's managing committee and
others, Justice Gopala Gowda said: "It is open for the managing
committee to approach the competent civil court for apportioning
the liability of compensation out of 55 percent fastened upon both
the appellants and the respondent No.8 (Rajiv Marriage Palace) by
initiating appropriate proceedings."
The managing committee of DAV Public School had challenged the Nov
9, 2009, high court order enhancing the compensation to Rs.34
crore along with six percent interest.
Initially, the Justice T.P. Garg Commission that inquired into the
tragedy had awarded Rs.18 crore compensation to the victims' kin.
The fire tragedy struck at a community hall in Dabwali town, where
the local DAV Public School was holding its annual prize
distribution function.
A synthetic tent caught fire inside the building after an electric
short-circuit. The fire spread quickly and hundreds of people were
trapped inside that caused a stampede. As many as 446 people,
including 230 children, perished in the tragedy.
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