Victims' families were cheated of compensation, says lawyer

Mangalore: The Mangalore Air Crash of May 22, 2010 was all about compensation. It got a new twist with Yeshwanth Shenoy, a legal consultant to National Biodiversity Authority, and president of 812 Foundation, filing a private complaint at the JMFC II Court here naming 15 persons including Air India (AI), Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and Airports Authority of India (AAI) for the court to take cognizance of the offences punishable under the Indian Penal Code and Aircraft Rules 1937, for various lapses. The case has been admitted by the court and will be heard on April 23.
In an interview to TOI, Shenoy claims the victims' families have been cheated over compensation and the final agreements on compensation to victims' families arrived at by Air India will not stand the test of law, if challenged.
11/03/12 Stanley Pinto/Times of India

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