The top court has upheld the verdict ordering Tk 1 million compensation to be paid to the family of Abrar Ahmed Chowdhury, a student of the Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP), who died when a bus ran over him in the city.
On Tuesday (Apr 9), the Appellate Division bench led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain upheld the Mar 20 High Court verdict, which ordered the bus company Suprobhat Paribahan to pay the compensation.
The court then also issued a ruling asking the authorities concerned, and the bus company, to explain within four weeks why they should not be ordered to compensate Abrar's family with Tk 50 million.
In the edict, the court asked government officials to provide reasons why the constant failure of the government to prevent road accidents should not be declared illegal.
On the morning of Mar 19, Abrar, a first year International Relations student BUP —and also a road safety activist himself—was run over by a Suprobhat Paribahan bus, at Nodda on Progati Sarani area, and killed on spot, as he was crossing the road.
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