Dubai: Indian expats who lost their life’s possessions due to a fire at a warehouse in Dubai have filed a plea with the High Court of Kerala seeking legal assistance to recover their dues.
The petitioners claim they have lost hundreds of thousands of dirhams worth of belongings assigned to the cargo firm to ship them to Kerala from UAE as they were all heading to the subcontinent for good. Most of them had lost their jobs and had sent their families back home amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jose Abraham
Advocate Jose Abraham of the Kerala High Court told Gulf News: “The petition has been filed in the Kerala High Court because most of the victims are from Kerala. They are not in a position to conduct their case in UAE. The victims are unable to go to UAE and conduct a case there. Secondly, the Kerala High Court, in this matter, is seeking relief for the victims by issuing a notice to the Central Government to direct the Embassy of India in UAE to provide necessary legal assistance so they can receive their compensation.”