In a relief to the family of a crane accident victim, Madras High Court has awarded a compensation of Rs 10 lakh, taking into consideration the illiteracy of the claimants, lack of support, time and death of the main claimants during pendency of case
After forming an opinion that driving these poor petitioners to the competent authorities under the Workmen Compensation Act, at this length of time, would cause greater hardship and the issue would be further prolonged and protracted, and the right of the parties could not be crystallised in the near future, the judge himself decided the case.Unfortunately, during the pendency of the writ petition, Kamalakannans wife and father had also died.