Morbi: Jaysukh Patel, the Oreva Group Director and the main accused in the Morbi Bridge collapse case of 2022, was granted bail last week. However, Patel has been prohibited from entering the Morbi district except for court appearances. These conditions have been implemented by the trial court in Morbi, in accordance with the bail granted by the Supreme Court. Principal District Judge PC Joshi set seven conditions for Patel's bail. These include furnishing a bond of Rs one lakh and surrenderi...Read More

Morbi: The Supreme Court of India turned down the interim bail application of Oreva Group's CMD, Jaysukh Patel, on Thursday. Patel, who is currently in custody regarding the Morbi suspension bridge collapse on October 30, 2022, sought interim bail from the apex court while awaiting a decision on his regular bail application by the Gujarat High Court. He argued that his release was crucial for managing the company's finances, including paying employee salaries and a Rs 17 crore compensation to...Read More

Morbi: Jaysukh Patel, owner of Oreva company today surrendered in court, 90 days after the collapse of an over 100 years old suspension bridge on river Machhu. A total of 135 persons were dead in this tragedy. The bridge's contract for maintenance and operation was with Orva company, owned by Jaysukh Patel when the tragedy occurred. Patel's name was not mentioned in First Information Report (FIR), however, he was mentioned as an accused in the chargesheet along with 9 other accused. Jaysukh ...Read More

Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court yesterday issued notice to Ajanta Manufacturing Pvt Ltd of Oreva Group, which was awarded the contract to maintain and operate the British-era suspension bridge. Court also directed the state government to submit the progress report of the investigation of the Special Investigation Team and the report on the compliance of the earlier orders of the High Court by January 19. Rejecting the argument of Morbi Municipality and the court accepted the petition against...Read More

Morbi: Seven out of nine accused in the Morbi bridge collapse case filed bail petitions yesterday in Morbi sessions court. The hearing on this plea is listed for 21st November. These seven accused include two managers of Oreva company, Deepak Parekh and Dinesh Dave, two ticket collectors Manuskh Topiya and Mahadev Solanki; and three security personnel Alpesh Gohil, Dilip Gohil and Mukesh Chauhan. The other two accused are Prakash Parmar and Devang Parmar, the subcontractors who were assign...Read More