Mangalore crash: SC notice to AI, Centre on compensation

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notices to the Centre and Air India on a plea seeking minimum Rs 75 lakh compensation for each of the 158 victims of the May 2010 Mangalore air crash.
A bench headed by justice Dalveer Bhandari asked the Centre and the national carrier to file their response and fixed the matter for final hearing in April.
The court passed the order on a petition filed by Abdus Salam, who had lost his son in the crash. Salam's son Rafiq was working in Dubai and was coming home.
Salam approached the apex court challenging the verdict of a division bench of Kerala high court which had set aside a single judge order directing Air India to pay a minimum compensation of Rs 75 lakh to the families of each of the victims.
04/01/12 PTI/Times of India

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