Kandahar hijack: passengers to get compensation

Nine years after Indian Airlines flight IC-814 was hijacked to Kandahar, the Delhi Consumer Commission has directed the Indian Airlines to pay Rs 1 lakh each to all the flight’s passengers at that time. The Commission also awarded a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the family of Rupen Katyal, who was killed by the terrorists in the Delhi bound flight from Kathmandu.

“It is a fit case where every passenger, who was on board the ill-fated aircraft, is entitled to compensation under the Consumer Protection Act, as all the passengers had suffered the same injury and agony,” Commission president Justice J D Kapoor said.

The order has come on the plea of a couple, who were couple among the passengers. The had earlier sought compensation from the air lines for the “mental and physical trauma” undergone during the incident.

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To clear Mamata’s block, Buddha may hike land rate

Underlining that he was committed to the reforms that he has been pushing in his state, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee indicated here today that he’s ready with an economic “package” for those farmers of Singur whose refusal to accept land compensation has put a cloud over the Tata Motors’ Nano plant.

“There are some genuine farmers who still do not want to give their land,” Bhattacharjee told members of Assocham and local chambers. “The government has a moral responsibility for them. The government is ready with a package for them and we are ready to discuss that package.”

Sources said the “package” would include enhanced financial compensation for Singur farmers. It would benefit all land losers those who have accepted their compensation cheques and those who haven’t and is said to cost an extra Rs 30-40 crore. Bhattacharjee said the government had deposited the unclaimed compensation amount estimated at about Rs 28 crore with the Calcutta High Court.

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