PUDUKOTTAI: A bus belonging to the Pudukottai division of the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation was attached by staff of the Fast Track Court on Thursday for not disbursing the compensation ordered to the family of a road accident victim.
Velusamy (50) of Pudukottai, a petty trader, was fatally knocked down by a bus owned by the Corporation in May 1999. In 2004, the court awarded a compensation of Rs.5.99 lakh to the bereaved family. As the Corporation was yet to disburse the compensation, Manimekalai, the widow of Velusamy, filed an execution petition, seeking a directive to the Corporation to comply with the decree.
Judge P. Iyyasamy ordered the attachment of a bus owned by the Corporation.
In Perambalur, District and Sessions Judge S. Kalavathy on Friday ordered the attachment of a bus in a similar case.
According to petitioner Balkees Beevi of V. Kalathur, near Veppanthattai, her mother Saithum Beevi was knocked down by a bus owned by the then Dheeran Chinnamalai Corporation at Kottaimedu near Samayapuram. The incident happened in June 1999.
Though the court ordered a compensation of Rs.2.72 lakh in November 2004, the Corporation was yet to disburse it, the petitioner said.
Based on the Judge’s order, the court staff went to the New Bus Stand and attached a bus. The vehicle was brought to the court campus.
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