HC upholds single judge order on compensation

A division bench comprising Justice R. Sudhakar and Justice S. Vaidyanathan before whom an appeal by the State Secretary, SC/ST and BC Welfare Department against the award of compensation came up held that “In the absence of providing any security, much less, adequate security, the authorities cannot shirk away from their responsibility by merely stating that vicarious liability cannot be fixed on them as the murder had taken place within the hostel premises.” 

The matter relates to murder of a 1st Year ITI student at Kamatchi Industrial Training Institute, ekkuppettai. He was staying at the Adi Dravidar Welfare Hostel at Kayarkulam, Kancheepuram District, where on October 1, 2010, he was killed.