Air crash: 159 passenger cases settled for Rs 115 cr as second anniversary nears

Mangalore: With just a day left for the second anniversary of the horrific crash of Air India (AI) Boeing IX 812, which resulted in the death of 158 persons including six crew members, the legal counsel for AI - Mulla & Mulla, Mumbai - settled 159 of the 160 cases of passengers for Rs 115 crore. Advocate and solicitor Hoshang D Nanavati from Mulla & Mulla told TOI that all cases barring one with a foreign firm had been settled either on full and final basis or as per the judgment of Kerala high court. Kapil Aseri, chief of finance, Air India Express, said, "While 130 cases were settled on full and final basis, 29 were settled as per the Kerala high court's judgment.
Nanavati said, "All claims for more compensation than the settled amount by the victims' families will be time-barred as per the Montreal Convention, which has set a two year period for appeals, if they have not filed suit." Mahammed Beary, president of Mangalore Air Crash Victims' Families Association, said that about eight to 10 families of the crash victims, who were paid a compensation as per the Kerala HC's verdict might approach the civil court for more compensation or a minimum of one lakh SDR (Special Drawing Rights roughly Rs 75 lakh.)
21/05/12 Stanley Pinto/Times of India

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