Court orders ₹10 lakh compensation to kin of electrocution victim
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The Delhi High Court on Friday ordered ₹10 lakh compensation to the parents of a man, who died when an electric wire fell on his bicycle.
Justice Jayant Nath said the compensation amount will be the liability of BSES Rajdhani Power Limited and Reliance General Insurance Company Limited “jointly and severally”.
“It is for them to decide inter se as to in terms of the insurance policy taken by respondent no.2 [BSES], whether the liability to pay compensation is of respondent no.2 or is of respondent no.3 [Reliance General Insurance],” the high court said.