Court Orders Odisha To Pay Rs 10-Lakh Compensation For Schoolgirl's Death

A division bench said the responsibility for the girl's death "definitely rests with the State."

Cuttack:

The Orissa High Court directed the state government on Thursday to pay Rs 10 lakh as compensation to the father of a seven-year-old girl for her "avoidable" death due to a wall collapse at a school in Keonjhar district nine years ago.

A division bench, headed by Chief Justice S Muralidhar, said the responsibility for the girl's death "definitely rests with the State" as the negligence of authorities by use of defective materials to construct a kitchen on the school premises had already been established during the inquiry.

Raimati Soren was a resident of Kolhabeda Ashram School hostel in Ghasipura block, around 100 km from Cuttack. On October 3, 2013, a wall of a newly constructed kitchen shed collapsed and the Class I student, who was brushing her teeth, was crushed under the debris.

Subsequent inquiries revealed that the wall was constructed illegally without proper foundation.

Hearing the writ petition by Soren's father, the bench said the death would not have occurred if all safety measures were strictly followed.

"The death of the young child was totally unnecessary and avoidable. The responsibility for death definitely rests with the State," it said in its nine-page judgement.

The bench, which also comprised Justice R K Pattanaik, said the amount already given to Soren by the state earlier could be deducted and the balance must be given to him within eight weeks.

The petitioner was provided a compensation of Rs 50,000 earlier, besides Rs 10,000 from the District Red Cross Society Fund.

The court said the death appeared to be in the pattern of several similar instances in the schools of Odisha.

It directed district collectors to ensure strict compliance of the Supreme Court directions on measures for prevention of fatal accidents of children.

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