Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Apex court court compensates passengers robbed in Ara

Supreme Court has ordered the Indian railways to compensate the train passengers, who were robbed during their journey by some dacoits. The Bench comprising justices GS Singhvi and BN Agarwal while delivering its order, observed that any failure to provide adequate security to passengers during the journey would only be called as dereliction of duty by the railway personnel in-charge for making security arrangements in the train.

The Bench dismissed the appeal of the Centre challenging the order of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, which has ordered the railways to pay Rs 50,000 to Patna resident Alok Kumar. Kumar lost his valuables in a train dacoity, which took place in Sanghmitra Express at Ara in Bihar while he was on his way from Patna to Nagpur in October, 1999.

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