Rajib's death: SC order on compensation Monday

The Supreme Court will deliver its verdict on Monday (May 21) on two petitions seeking a stay on a High Court order that directed to provide Tk 1 crore as compensation to the family of Rajib Hossain, the Titumir College student who lost his hand and died in a road crash. 

A four-member bench of the Appellate Division led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain fixed the date after hearing on the petitions filed by BRTC and Sajan Paribahan.

Earlier, on May 13, Chamber judge of the Appellate Division Justice Hasan Foez Siddique fixed May 17 for hearing on the petition.

On Thursday, BRTC filed the petition with the Appellate Division seeking a stay on the compensation slapped by the HC on it.

Rajib Hossain, who lost his right hand after it got stuck between two buses at Bangla Motor in the city on April 3, succumbed to his injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on April 17.

On May 8, the HC bench of Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury and Justice AKM Zahirul Hoque issued an order to provide Tk 1 crore as compensation to the family of Rajib Hossain.

The High Court had directed owners of 'Sajan Paribahan' to pay Tk 50 lakh and BRTC the rest.

The court had also directed ‘Sajan Paribahan’ and BRTC to pay half of their amounts within this month and submit a report to the court on June 25, clearing that the compensation was paid or not.