India, Sept. 23 -- The manner in which an illegal banner, put up on a road divider by a ruling party functionary, fell on 23-year old Subasri riding a two-wheeler, sending her off-balance and under a tanker lorry in Chennai last week sparked massive public outrage.
Subasri was the only child for her parents. Suffice to say that the death of a child is devastating and often referred to as the worst experience that parents can endure and the pain of grief is extremely intense.
The very next day, the Madras High Court, apart from directing the State Government to pay an interim compensation of five lakh rupees to the father of the deceased girl, came down heavily on the local authorities for having failed to implement in letter and spirit mu...