The Sindh High Court dismissed petitions filed by the legal heirs of the Pakistan International Airlines plane crash against the PIA injunction regarding the signing of a bond for the release of compensation amount to them.
On Friday, SHC Chief Justice Ahmad Ali Sheikh announced the verdict.
In their plea, the legal heirs stated that the national flag carrier had made it mandatory for them to sign a ‘Release and Discharge’ bond in order for them to receive compensation.
According to the legal heirs’ lawyer, the PIA wanted the legatees to leave everything. In this way, the lawyer pleaded, that if an institution commits any kind of wrongdoing, it will not be held accountable.
The chief justice, however, dismissed the petitions challenging the PIA injunction on a bond signing.
On May 22, 2020, a PIA plane flying from Lahore to Karachi crashed. The incident claimed the lives of up to 97 passengers.
