Chandigarh, Oct. 1 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has held the Chandigarh administration liable for negligence in a fatal incident at Carmel Convent School, Sector 9, in July 2022, and directed payment of Rs.1.5 crore in compensation.

The court ordered to pay Rs.1 crore to the father of a Class IX student who died when a heritage peepal tree collapsed during school hours.

Another Rs.50 lakh was awarded to a girl who lost her arm in the incident, along with an order that the administration bear all medical expenses, including the cost of a prosthetic arm or transplantation surgery.

The court was hearing a plea from the injured girl and the deceased student's family, seeking compensation as recommended by a government panel set up ...