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Justice comes seven years too late for Shailaja Mhatre
Published on Tue, May 20, 2008 at 22:58 in 
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A WIN: Shailaja (L) took the BEST undertaking in 1990 to the courts but died in 2001.
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Mumbai: In an apt case of delayed justice, Mumbai's Shailaja Mhatre's arduous fight for justice yielded result after 18 years but she is no more to relish it.
Shailaja died seven years ago but the case in which she had dragged the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking in 1990 to the Consumer Redressal Forum and subsequently to the Bombay High Court for refusing to repair the damaged electricity supply connection to her floor mill during a flyover construction has finally ended in her favour.
"I am very happy to have this verdict in our favour. But it took almost 18 years to get this victory. It is unfortunate that my mother is not there to savour this victory," Ashok Mhatre, Shailaja's son, said.
In a stinging verdict after the case finally came up for hearing this year, the Bombay High Court directed BEST to pay a paltry compensation of Rs 5,000 to the Mhatres. It also came down heavily on BEST for filing a frivolous petition.
However, the BEST authorities refute Shailaja's claims despite having lost the case
"BEST never charges consumers for repairs of damaged cables, neither did we charge in the past, nor are we charging now," a BEST official said.
After 18 long years justice has finally knocked on the door of the Mhatres, but Shailaja Mhatre is no more to savour it.
Cases like these are a resounding reminder to overhaul our ailing justice delivery system.
(With inputs from Nimisha Srivastava)
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