Srinagar, Aug 21, KDC: Nearly four decades later, a young Kashmiri mechanic lost his life in a powerful bomb blast at the ground exhibition of Srinagar, a local court held the Jammu and Kashmir government responsible for failing to fail in the security of citizens and ordered him to compensate for the victim’s family.
In a detailed 20-hit decision, a copy of which is vested with District Judge Swati Gupta in addition to Kashmir.com (KDC) 2, a copy of Srinagar, directed the government to pay Rs 3.24 lakh, along with eight percent annual interest from 1986, 22-year-old Avis Ahmed Shah’s family, after a day, after a day, after a day,
The court noticed that state agencies could “do not” away from their duty to provide silly security in public programs, especially when the government itself charges entry from visitors. The judge commented, “Such argument from the defendants presents a picture of helplessness and ineffectiveness.”
The claim of compensation was originally filed in 1986 by Shah’s father, Mohammad Yusuf Shah, who chased the case for more than a decade from his death in 1998. His widows and children later replaced as a plaintiff, arguing that a skilled mechanic was earning Rs 700–800 in a month, the family’s breadwiner.
While the government argued that the explosion was a terrorist act made by a terrorist group and beyond its control, the court dismissed the petition, which provided the facility of tragedy by the security agencies.
Citing Article 21 of the Examples of the Constitution and the Supreme Court, Judge Gupta ruled that the states have failed their responsibility for the safety of citizens in public places. He further directed that if the government delays payment for more than two months, an additional four percent interest will be imposed.
The decision said, “None of monetary assistance can ever compensate for the loss of a dear person,” the decision said, accepting the family’s wait for the decades and decades for justice. (KDC)
