Supreme Court · 1966 INSC 55 · Decided 24 February 1966
Municipal Corporation of Delhi v. Subhagwanti & Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1966 INSC 55 · [1966] 3 S.C.R. 649
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1102/1963
- Decided
- 24 February 1966
- Bench
- K. SUBBA RAO, V. RAMASWAMI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Negligence-Clock tower belonging to M~nicipal Comm!ttee fallin~ Causing death of persons by-Whether doctrine of res ipsa loq'!'tu_r applies-Fatal Accidents Act, 1885, s. l-Damages-Quantum-Prmc1- ples for determining. Three suits for damages were filed by the respondents as heirs of thr~ a result of the collapse of the Clock Tower m Chandni Chowk, Delhi, belonging to the appellant-Corporation, formerly the Municipal Committee of Delhi. The trial court held that it was the duty of the Municipal Committee to take proper care of buildings so that they should not prove a source of
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