SC ORDERS RS. 2.6MN COMPENSATION WITH INTEREST FOR YOUNG WOMAN INJURED IN 2003 BUS ACCIDENT

The victim, a university graduate, was hit by a private bus

- By LAKMAL SOORIYAGODA

The Supreme Court has upheld a judgement awarding Rs. 2.6 million in compensation, along with legal interest to a young woman who sustained grievous injuries in a 2003 bus accident at Gunasinhapura, Colombo.

The judgement was delivered by Justice Kumudini Wickremasinghe, with Chief Justice Murdu Fernando and Justice A.H.M.D. Nawaz agreeing. The Court affirmed the earlier decision of the Colombo Civil Appellate High Court, thereby rejecting an appeal filed by the owner and driver of the ill-fated omni-bus.