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GBA penalises consultant, contractor for ‘unscientific’ electricity pole installation
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (162+ words) Updated - September 05, 2026 07:02 pm IST - Bengaluru The Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) has imposed a fine of ₹3 lakh on a project consultant and a contractor for allegedly installing electricity poles in an “unscientific” manner at the Palace Guttahalli Junction on Ballari Road…...
Principal Employer Liable for Contractor’s Helper Electrocuted During Factory Repairs; Delhi High Court Upholds Compensation Under Employees’ Compensation Act.
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (790+ words) Delhi High Court Holds Factory Owner Liable for Contractor’s Helper Electrocuted During Electrical Repair Work. The parents of a deceased helper filed a claim under the Employees’ Compensation Act, 1923, seeking compensation after their son died from electrocution while carrying out…...
KSEB ordered to pay Rs 38.50 lakh for 21-year-old’s electrocution death
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (297+ words) THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Bringing closure to a mother’s five-year legal fight seeking justice for her deceased son, the Permanent Lok Adalat for Public Utility Services has directed the KSEB to pay Rs 38.50 lakh as compensation to the woman, in a ruling that…...
35 Years On, Rajasthan High Court Enhances Compensation In Electrocution Death Case; Says Electricity Boards Strictly Liable
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (475+ words) After around 35 years of the incident, Rajasthan High Court upheld the liability of the State for paying compensation in a case of death by electrocution due to a live wire that had broken and fallen on the ground. The bench…...
Electricity Company Cannot Escape Liability by Blaming Electrocution Victim; Duty to Maintain Transformers Is Absolute: Gujarat High Court – The Legal Affair
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (430+ words) The dispute ultimately required the High Court to examine the scope of the liability of electricity companies engaged in hazardous activities, the applicability of the doctrine of absolute liability, and whether contributory negligence could be attributed to a deceased person…...
Egyptian Worker's Family Awarded Blood Money, KD50,000 in Electrocution Death
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (200+ words) Arab Times Kuwait News Egyptian Worker's Family Awarded Blood Money, KD50,000 in Electrocution Death KUWAIT CITY, July 16: The Court of Appeals upheld the ruling of a lower court that obligated a contracting company and an insurance company to pay blood money…...
Electricity Company Can't Plead Negligence By Deceased Electrocuted While Trying To Fix Fuse In Transformer: Gujarat High Court
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (318+ words) The Gujarat High Court has held that an electricity company cannot attribute negligence to the deceased who died while trying to fix the fuse in a transformer, as the company is in the business of hazardous product and the liability…...
20-Year-Old ITI Student's Electrocution: Lineman, Homeowner Face Negligence Charges
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (436+ words) Nearly two weeks after a 20-year-old ITI student died of electrocution while assisting with electrical installation work in Bicholim, police have registered a criminal case against a lineman and the owner of the house where the incident occurred.According to…...
Family of 12-year-old boy killed by electric shock gets Rs 10 lakh relief in consumer case
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (527+ words) Finding them guilty of negligence, a consumer commission in Kerala recently directed the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) and two other parties to pay Rs 10 lakh as ex gratia compensation to the mother of a 12-year-old boy who died of…...
Back-to-back electrocution deaths result of criminal negligence: Usman Majid
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (431+ words) Greater Kashmir Former Minister and Ex-MLA Bandipora Usman Majid has expressed profound grief and fierce outrage over the tragic death of Mohammad Ismail, son of Abdul Aziz, a resident of Galkaloo Garoora, who lost his life after suffering a fatal…...