Green Line Paribahan has handed over a cheque for Tk5 lakh to Rasel Sharker, who lost a leg in a Green Line bus accident in Dhaka last year.
The transportation company paid the amount after a High Court bench gave it orders to pay at least a portion of the Tk50 lakh compensation, by Wednesday at 3pm.
The bench of Justices FRM Nazmul Ahasan and KM Kamrul Quader also gave the Green Line owner Md Alauddin a one-month time period within which to pay the rest of the compensation, after he sought a time extension.
Rasel, along with his family members, were present at the court during the hearing.
Alauddin left the court premises soon after the hearing, before the media could talk to him.
The High Court bench added that the transportation company must pay partial compensation to Rasel, on humanitarian grounds—and to show respect to the court order—as Green Line had not compensated the victim.
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The High Court had scheduled another hearing in this regard at 3pm Wednesday.
On 31 March, a four-member Appellate Division bench led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain upheld a High Court order, directing Green Line Paribahan to pay Tk50 lakh in compensation to Rasel Sharkar after hearing an appeal filed by Green Line.
The court ordered the respondent to pay the compensation to the victim by April 3.
In response, Bangladesh Bus Owners Association filed a writ petition on Tuesday with the Supreme Court, in an effort to evade compensating Rasel.
On April 28 last year, a luxury Green Line coach rear-ended the car Rasel was driving. The accident occurred on the slope of Mayor Md Hanif Flyover in Dholaipar, and caused Rasel to step outside of his car to assess the damage.
Although he signaled the bus not to drive away, bus driver Kabir Hossain, in his attempt to flee the scene, ran over Rasel, severing his left leg from the thigh down in the process.
After being informed, police impounded the bus and detained Kabir from near the National Press Club.
