Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 885 · Decided 17 December 2014
Raman v. Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam LTD. & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 885 · [2014] 13 S.C.R. 842
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 11466/2014
- Decided
- 17 December 2014
- Bench
- V. GOPALA GOWDA, C. NAGAPPAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Succession Act; Electricity Act Section 68
Headnote
Electricity Act, 2003 - s. 68 - Electrocution - Compensation - Four year old boy suffered 100% permanent disability in electrocution accident - Boy lost all the amenities C and became a deadwood throughout his fife - Award of Rs. 60 fakhs compensation by Single Judge of the High Court - Rs. 30 deposit account jointly in the name of the claimant in a nationalized Bank, which would be available to the claimant on attaining D age of majority, and in case he does not survive, deposit amount would be revert back to the respondents- Remaining amount of Rs. 30 fakhs to be deposited in a
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