HC order on compensation upheld

Jihad’s death

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) yesterday (Sunday) upheld a High Court (HC) verdict that directed the government to give Tk. 20 lakh as compensation to the family of four-year-old Jihad, who died after falling into a deep tube-well pipe at Shahjahanpur of Dhaka in December 2014.

In its verdict of February 18, 2016, the HC had directed Bangladesh Railway and Bangladesh Fire Services and Civil Defence to pay Tk. 20 lakh compensation to the parents of four-year-old Jihad.

However, the government did not give the money to the victim’s family and Bangladesh Railway and Bangladesh Fire Services and Civil Defence filed two appeals with the Supreme Court challenging the HC verdict. After a hearing on the appeal, the four-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, upheld the HC verdict and dismissed the two separate leave to appeal petitions. On February 18, 2016, the HC had delivered its short judgment directing the respondents to pay compensation to Jihad's family, but did not specify the amount.

It released the full verdict of the case on October 8 last year, asking the respondents—Bangladesh Railway and Bangladesh Fire Services and Civil Defence—to pay Tk. 20 lakh as compensation to his parents within 90 days.

The HC came up with the verdict in response to a writ petition filed by the rights body, Children’s Charity Bangladesh Foundation, with the HC on December 28, 2014, seeking directives on the government to give Tk. 30 lakh to Jihad’s family in compensation.

On December 26, 2014, Jihad, son of Nasir Uddin of the railway colony, suddenly slipped into a 300-feet-deep pipe while playing near an abandoned pump house in the capital’s Shahjahanpur area. His body was recovered by a group of volunteers the following day, shortly after government agencies called off the rescue operation, saying there was no sign of the boy inside the well.

HC order on compensation upheld

Jihads death

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) yesterday (Sunday) upheld a High Court (HC) verdict that directed the government to give Tk. 20 lakh as compensation to the family of four-year-old Jihad, who died after falling into a deep tube-well pipe at Shahjahanpur of Dhaka in December 2014. In its verdict of February 18, 2016, the HC had directed Bangladesh Railway and Bangladesh Fire Services and Civil Defence to pay Tk. 20 lakh compensation to the parents of four-year-old Jihad. However, the government did not give the money to the victims family and Bangladesh Railway and Bangladesh Fire Services and Civil Defence filed two appeals with the Supreme Court challenging the HC verdict. After a hearing on the appeal, the four-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, upheld the HC verdict and dismissed the two separate leave to appeal petitions. On February 18, 2016, the HC had delivered its short judgment directing the respondents to pay compensation to Jihads family, but did not specify the amount. It released the full verdict of the case on October 8 last year, asking the respondentsBangladesh Railway and Bangladesh Fire Services and Civil Defenceto pay Tk. 20 lakh as compensation to his parents within 90 days. The HC came up with the verdict in response to a writ petition filed by the rights body, Childrens Charity Bangladesh Foundation, with the HC on December 28, 2014, seeking directives on the government to give Tk. 30 lakh to Jihads family in compensation. On December 26, 2014, Jihad, son of Nasir Uddin of the railway colony, suddenly slipped into a 300-feet-deep pipe while playing near an abandoned pump house in the capitals Shahjahanpur area. His body was recovered by a group of volunteers the following day, shortly after government agencies called off the rescue operation, saying there was no sign of the boy inside the well.