Close X
Friday, November 29, 2024
ADVT 
India

Chandigarh asked to compensate family of electric shock victims

Darpan News Desk IANS, 05 Sep, 2014 11:39 AM
    The Punjab and Haryana High Court Friday ordered the the Chandigarh Administration's electricity department to pay compensation of Rs.22.81 lakh to the family of a man and his daughter who were electrocuted in a village of this union territory May 2003.
     
    Justice Ritu Bahri also ordered the administration to pay interest to the family on the compensation amount from 2003.
     
    Mahinder Singh, 42, a driver, and his daughter Harmit Kaur were electrocuted in their house in Badheri village May 14, 2003 after Singh's wife, Ravinder Kaur, got an electric shock when she was drying clothes on the roof.
     
    On hearing her cries, her husband rushed to detach her but he also got an electric shock. Their daughter also tried to rescue them but she also got a severe jolt. The victims were taken to a hospital where the father and daughter died while Ravinder remained admitted for treatment for a long time. She had two minor children to look after.
     
    The mother and two minor children filed a petition before the high court saying that the father and daughter died due to negligence of the electricity department and demanded higher compensation, said senior advocate Satya Pal Jain.
     
    The counsel argued that electric charge travelled to the clothes-line from a naked electric wire which came in contact with the steel roof of an adjoining house.
     
    The electricity department, while defending itself, claimed that the incident happened due to faulty internal wiring of the house of the victims.
     
    However, the court observed that maintenance of the damaged wire was responsibility of the electricity department and the compensation awarded to the family was too less.

    MORE India ARTICLES

    Australia returns Chola period Nataraja, Ardhanariswara

    Australia returns Chola period Nataraja, Ardhanariswara
    Two Chola period (11-12th century AD) idols were returned to India by Australia as Prime Minister Tony Abbott Friday handed them over to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi here Friday.

    Australia returns Chola period Nataraja, Ardhanariswara

    Ukraine truce comes into effect after presidential order

    Ukraine truce comes into effect after presidential order
    A truce between the Ukraine government and pro-Russian rebels came into effect Friday evening after President Petro Poroshenko ordered government forces to stop military action against the independence-seeking insurgents in the country's eastern region.

    Ukraine truce comes into effect after presidential order

    Justice Dattu to be next CJI

    Justice Dattu to be next CJI
    Supreme Court judge H.L. Dattu will be the next Chief Justice of India, it was announced Friday.

    Justice Dattu to be next CJI

    Two schoolgirls hung from same rope in Assam

    Two schoolgirls hung from same rope in Assam
    Two schoolgirls were hung from the two ends of the same rope from a tree in Assam's Karimganj district, a killing reminiscent of the Badaun gang-rape and murder in Uttar Pradesh.

    Two schoolgirls hung from same rope in Assam

    14 killed in landside in Rajouri, thousands flee homes in flood-ravaged Kashmir

    14 killed in landside in Rajouri, thousands flee homes in flood-ravaged Kashmir
    Jammu and Kashmir continued to reel under incessant downpour which continued for the fourth successive day Friday across both Jammu region and the Kashmir Valley, leading to at least 14 more deaths in Rajouri while thousands abandoned their homes and fled to safety.

    14 killed in landside in Rajouri, thousands flee homes in flood-ravaged Kashmir

    India, Australia ink deal on uranium exports, to boost defence ties

    India, Australia ink deal on uranium exports, to boost defence ties
    India and Australia Friday inked a long-awaited civil nuclear agreement to enable Australia to export uranium to energy-starved India and also agreed to step up their political, security and defence cooperation as visiting Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott held talks with his counterpart Narendra Modi here.

    India, Australia ink deal on uranium exports, to boost defence ties

    PrevNext