The Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) last week granted 5 lakh compensation to the family of a 12-year-old boy, who sustained grievous injuries due to the explosion of firecrackers that were illegally strewn in and around the place he was playing.Noting that the boy was almost half dead and he was lying in a vegetative state, the bench of Justice N. Anand Venkatesh granted his mother, a coolie...