The Morbi suspension bridge in Gujarat collapsed at about 6:40 pm on 30 October 2022, four days after reopening, killing 135 people (official figure). Prelimin…
Charges were reported not framed as of Oct 2025 due to a High Court stay, with a trial expected in June 2026. No later confirmation was found.
A division bench refused to hand the investigation to the CBI, saying it could not examine the correctness of an ongoing probe.
The High Court rejected his bail in Dec 2023; the Supreme Court ordered release and barred him from entering Morbi during the trial.
The High Court ordered interim Rs 10 lakh per deceased and Rs 2 lakh per injured; Oreva deposited Rs 14.62 crore in April 2023.
Preliminary findings, as reported: 22 of 49 main-cable wires corroded, 27 recently broken, aluminium deck, no load test and weak oversight.
Police filed a 1,262-page chargesheet naming ten accused, Oreva MD Jaysukh Patel the tenth; he surrendered on 31 Jan. These are allegations; none has been convicted.
The Supreme Court called it an enormous tragedy and sent petitions to the High Court, already hearing a suo motu PIL.
Search was called off on 3 Nov after five days; 134 bodies recovered and one injured person died in hospital.
Two managers, two ticket clerks, two contractors and three guards were arrested under IPC 304, 308, 114. Arrest is not a finding of guilt.
The suspension bridge collapsed during a holiday weekend, with more than 500 people reported on it against a capacity of 125.
It reopened after about six months of repairs; no load test was reported and no fitness certificate was reported.
On 7 March 2022 the municipality signed a 15-year operation and maintenance contract with Oreva Group's Ajanta Manufacturing.
A suspension bridge about 230 m long and 1.25 m wide, dated by locals to the 1880s; sources vary on the year.
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