India, Oct. 29 -- The Bombay High Court has rejected the proposed compensation of around Rs.141 crore to the fishing community affected by construction of the Thane Creek Bridge-III, holding that the report submitted by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) lacked scientific tools to assess the actual impact and damage. The court, however, noted that the fishing community has been impacted and directed a task force to determine the compensation based on data and government policy within six months.

A division bench of Justices Bharati Dangre and Manjusha Deshpande observed that the TISS report was based merely on a questionnaire and no scientific tools had been deployed to assess actual impact and damage. "We are surprised to note...