New Delhi, July 28: The Delhi High Court today asked its registrar general to release the compensation money to the legal heirs of the Uphaar fire tragedy victims within three weeks of their filing applications alongwith proof of relation with the deceased and indemnity bonds. A special bench of Justice S K Mahajan and Justice Mukul Mudgal, which had on July 21 asked the Association of the Victims of Uphaar Tragedy (AVUT) to suggest modalities for disbursement of the compensation money, accepted almost all the suggestions put forward by the association. The bench said the money would be released only to the wife, husband, parent or child of the deceased on filing of an application alongwith proof of his relation with the deceased, death certificate and proof of age of the deceased on the date of accident, an affidavit giving details of total number of dependents and an indemnity bond that they would refund the amount alongwith interest thereto, in case any particulars furnished by him/her were found to be false.

If only one dependent approaches the court for release of money, he/she will have to file a no objection certificate from the other dependents alongwith the application, it said.
Bureau Report