SC asks State governments to pay loss on disruption of service during Agitation

SC asks State governments to pay loss on disruption of service during Agitation

The Supreme Court has asked the state governments to pay for the loss incurred to Railways and the general public on disruption of rail services during agitation. A bench of Justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly said, destruction of public property and disrupting train services cannot be allowed in the name of agitation.

The bench asked the Haryana government to respond why it should not pay the loss incurred by the Railways following the 11-day stir organised by 12 'khap' panchayats against booking of some upper caste people in connection with the Mirchpur dalit killings case.