New Delhi: A city court on Thursday rapped the Delhi Police and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for not compensating a man whose bike was stolen from the parking area and warned of coercive action for non-compliance of its order.
The directive of the court, which gave them a "last opportunity" to compensate the man, came after it noted that both DMRC and police have not complied with its May 7 order directing them to pay a compensation of Rs 20,000 each to one Vivek Srivastava for theft of his bike from the Kalkaji Mandir Metro station parking in October 2010.
"Taking note of the fact that more than one month has elapsed since the order of compensation dated May 7, 2015, one last opportunity is granted to both Delhi Police and DMRC to strictly comply with the said order, failing which this court shall be constrained to take coercive measures including issuance of warrants of attachment against both authorities," Metropolitan Magistrate Arvind Bansal said.
The court also sought compliance report of its order from the Police and DMRC by July 30.
During the hearing, the police submitted that it was in the process of challenging the order while DMRC said it required some more time to decide whether to comply with or challenge the order.
In its May 7 order, the court had noted that "negligence on the part of DMRC and lapse at the end of Delhi police caused victimisation of complainant who not only lost his means of conveyance but also obtained nothing from the insurance company. The loss suffered by complainant can definitely be compensated in monetary terms."
"The burden of such a compensation to the tune of value of motorcycle at the cost of harrassment suffered at the hands of public authorities should be placed upon the ones at the fault that is DMRC and Delhi police," it had said.
The court had noted that although Srivastava had informed the police about the theft of his bike from the metro station parking area on October 25, 2010, the FIR was registered on November 17, 2010.
