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Electricity Company Cannot Escape Liability by Blaming Electrocution Victim; Duty to Maintain Transformers Is Absolute: Gujarat High Court – The Legal Affair
8+ hour, 55+ min 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…...
Electricity Authorities Liable for Electrocution Deaths Despite Safety Claims: Gujarat High Court Upholds Compensation Applying Strict and Absolute Liability – The Legal Affair
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (233+ words) thelegalaffair.com Electricity Authorities Liable for Electrocution Deaths Despite Safety Claims: Gujarat High Court Upholds Compensation Applying Strict and Absolute Liability The Gujarat High Court in GEB v. Nirmal Rajendra Mandela, Widow of Rajendra Sitaram Mandela & Ors. (R/First Appeal No....