Sankara Narayanan vs The Secretary on 21 December, 2012
32. This Court sitting under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is unable to determine the actual compensation amount payable to the legal heirs of the deceased crew members as well as other crew members. The Honourable Supreme Court in the decision reported in 2012 (10) Scale 317 (Sabeeha Faikage & Others v. Union of India & Others) considered similar issue regarding claim of compensation of legal heirs of the deceased 13 crew members and ordered to pay interim compensation, without prejudice to their claim for higher compensation in any appropriate forum.