Ordering a compensation of Rs6 lakh to be paid in every case where a person has died due to potholes or open manholes, the Bombay High Court (HC) says there can be 'no justification for bad roads' in Mumbai, India’s financial capital. The HC held that civic bodies and the state government are not only obligated, but duty-bound to provide safe and motorable roads to citizens. In a strong-worded order, the division bench of justice Revati Mohite Dere and justice Sandesh D Patil says, “Compensation may be disbursed by a committee from the fines or amounts recovered from the contractors. In the absence of such funds, the concerned municipal corporation, municipal council, or district collector (in areas outside municipal limits), public works department (PWD), Bombay Port Trust (BPT), Mu

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