Supreme Court of India
M.P. Electricity Board v. Shail Kumari and Ors.
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Torts: Victim electrocuted by a live wire lying on road-Claim for Compensation by dependents of the victim-Electricity Board contending that the wire fell down due to illegal tapping by a stranger and hence liability is on the stranger-Rule of Strict Liability-Exception to the rule being an 'Act of a stranger-Availability of-Held, the act of the stranger should have been reasonably anticipated or its consequences should have been provented by the Electricity Board-Hence, the exception is not available and therefore the Electricity Board is liable to pay compensation.
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