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The Telangana High Court connected Thursday (January 29, 2026) instructed the counsel of Sigachi Industries Limited to explicate the discrepancies appearing successful the organisation of ex-gratia nether antithetic heads to the kith and kin of the 54 persons who died successful an detonation connected its mill premises astatine Pashamylaram successful Sangareddy territory connected June 30 past year.
A seat of Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice G.M. Mohiuddin, proceeding a Public Interest Litigation petition filed by a retired idiosyncratic K. Babu Rao, directed the mill counsel to explicate details of the compensation and different benefits paid to the families of the victims by March 12. The seat besides directed the Additional Advocate General (AAG) T. Rajinikanth Reddy to unafraid instructions connected the substance and apprise the seat of the details.
The seat impleaded the Regional Commissioner, Employee Provident Fund Office-Hyderabad, the Director of Drug Control Administration and the Regional Director, Employee State Insurance-Hyderabad successful the plea and directed them to record their antagonistic affidavit by the adjacent day of hearing. The Amicus Curiae successful the case, Dominic Fernandes, informed the seat that ₹23.17 crore was the magnitude agreed upon by the institution to wage compensation to the families of the victims.
Out of this, ₹16,44,47,525 was already paid towards compensation, portion post-dated cheques were issued for an magnitude of ₹6.05 crore. The Amicus Curiae informed the seat that determination was a disorder of sorts implicit the compensation paid to the families of missing persons nether antithetic heads. He explained that the magnitude of ex-gratia to beryllium accrued to the families of workers connected the rolls of the company, impermanent workers and others was not uniform.
The Advocate Dominic Fernandes said that the Experts Committee, which inquired into the detonation and submitted a report, maintained that the institution did not co-operate with it. The AAG said the constabulary filed charge-sheet against 7 of the accused. While 2 of the accused secured extortion from apprehension orders from the court, petitions of the others are pending astatine proceedings tribunal portion the institution main enforcement serviceman was already arrested.
