KARNATAKA POWER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION LIMITED versus REKHA & ORS

Case summary from SCR

Issue for Consideration Maintainability of writ petition in cases of electrocution; the yardstick to be used in determining compensation in such cases. Headnotes† Electrocution – Writ petition u/Art.226 – Maintainability – High Court directed the appellant-Corporation holding the writ petitions to be maintainable and the disputed facts to not be of much relevance because, according to it, it is the standard of absolute liability that is applicable and not strict liability – Interference with: Held: If questions of fact are disputed, then Art.226