Supreme Court of India
Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited v. Rekha
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that the Writ Petition seeking compensation filed by the respondent was not maintainable.
Judgment, page 12
In brief
In the first matter, N. Subramanya died on 22 February 2018 from electrocution while working in a coffee plantation, apparently when an aluminium ladder he was using came into contact with an 11 KV line; his widow Rekha sought compensation from the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation by writ petition. In the second matter, Muizz Ahmad Shariff jumped onto the roof of a neighbouring building to retrieve a cricket ball and was severely injured on contact with a 66 KV line.…
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