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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
B.P.COLABAWALLA, FIRDOSH P.POONIWALLA
Rekha P. Thapar – Appellant
Versus
State of Maharashtra – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
1. RULE. Rule made returnable forthwith and heard finally by consent of the parties.
INTRODUCTION:-
2. On 16th October, 2015, 8 young adults visited a restaurant named Hotel City Kinara (herein after referred to as “Kinara”) for lunch at 1.00 p.m.. They were made to sit on a table in the loft area/mezzanine floor of Kinara where food was served to them. At about 1.20 p.m. a fire broke out in the loft area/mezzanine floor. The Fire Brigade came at around 1.36 p.m. However, tragically all 8 young adults lost their lives. The names of these young adults, the names of the Petitioners who are their parents/widow and the relation of each of the Petitioners to the deceased victims is set out herein below:-
| Petitioners No. | Name of the Petitioner | Name of the deceased victim | Relation to the Victim |
| 1 | Rekha P. Thapar | Akash Thapar | Mother |
| 2 | Hendric Dsouza | Erwin Dsouza | Father |
| 3 | Antony Fernando | Brian Fernando | Father |
| 4 | Sangeeta Kanaujia | Arvind Kanaujia | Wife |
| 5 | Jalil Ahmed Shaikh | Sharjeel Shaikh | Father |
| 6 | Musthaque Shaikh | Taha Shaikh | Father |
| 7 | Jacinta D’souza | Bernadette D’souza | Mother |
| 8 | Ateeq Rehman Chaudhary | Sajid Chaudhary | Father |
3. On
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