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Two years af­ter los­ing her son in a fa­tal ex­plo­sion at Ni­Quan En­er­gy’s Pointe-a-Pierre plant, Al­lan­lane Ramkissoon’s moth­er is re­lieved that she may fi­nal­ly get an­swers sur­round­ing his death.

“I re­al­ly want to see the re­port and what comes of it,” said 68-year-old Chris­tine Ramkissoon, as she re­act­ed to news that a High Court judge has quashed the Min­istry of En­er­gy’s de­ci­sion to with­hold its in­ves­tiga­tive re­port in­to the 2023 in­dus­tri­al ac­ci­dent that claimed her son’s life. In an oral rul­ing on Fri­day in a ju­di­cial re­view claim brought by Ramkissoon’s wid­ow, Sarah Ramkissoon, Jus­tice Ava­son Quin­lan-Williams found there was sig­nif­i­cant pub­lic in­ter­est in re­leas­ing the in­for­ma­tion. The judge stat­ed, “Dis­clo­sure of the re­port will il­lu­mi­nate the min­istry’s in­ves­tiga­tive process and its find­ings on the op­er­a­tions of Ni­Quan that led to cir­cum­stances sur­round­ing her hus­band’s death.”

Speak­ing with re­porters at her home in Bar­rack­pore yes­ter­day, Ramkissoon’s moth­er said her chil­dren in­formed her about the court’s de­ci­sion.