Supreme Court · 1999 INSC 404 · Decided 15 September 1999
Chairman, Grid Corporation of Orissa LTD. (Gridco) and ORS. v. SMT. Sukamani Das and ANR. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1999 INSC 404 · [1999] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 458
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5074/1999
- Decided
- 15 September 1999
- Bench
- G.T. NANAVATI, S.N. PHUKAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950: Article 226-Death due to electrocution­ Snapped electric wires of electric transmission owned by Corporation lying C on the ground-Deceased while walking along the road, coming into contact with the snapped wire, causing death-Compensation claim by widow of by Corporation on the ground that death has not occurred due to their negligence but because of thunderbolt and lightening-High Court allowed the claim and awarded compensation-On appeal, held where disputed question of facts involved, D writ petition under Article 226 not proper remedy-Mere
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