The High Court (HC) has asked why the families of four students killed in road accidents in Dhaka’s Keraniganj and Chattogram in January should not be compensated, reports bdnews24.com.
Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Razik-Al-Jalil issued an interim order along with a rule on Tuesday after the primary hearing of a writ petition filed in public interest.
The rule asks why a directive should not be issued to make a payment of Tk 5.0 million in compensation to the families of the dead each.
In the meantime, the Home Secretary, Communications Secretary and Bangladesh Road Transport
Authority Chairman have been given an interim order to give Tk 100,000 each to the families of the four victims within 15 days.
Barrister Abdul Halim argued on behalf of the petitioner in the court. He was accompanied by lawyer Jamiul Haque Faisal.