The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday said that even if Oreva Group pays compensation to kith and kin of Morbi bridge collapse victims, criminal trial against its director will continue.
A bench of Chief Justice Arvind Kumar and Justice A J Shastri made the observation after Oreva group director
Jaysukh Patel, in an affidavit submitted to the court, offered to pay suitable compensation to kith and kin of victims.
In the affidavit, Patel submitted that he is willingly and unconditionally ready to take responsibility of seven children who have lost their parents in the tragedy.
He further said that he took the repair work not for any commercial work but to preserve the heritage and some influential people had helped him to get this work.
