Strict Liability Archives

Madras High Court grants Rs.10 lakhs compensation to victims suffered burn injuries due to illegal waste management

The damage and injury suffered by the children can very well be imagined. They have suffered disfiguration, lost friendship and company and suffered studies . Their marital prospects have become a serious question mark. No amount of compensation can give back what they lost. Considering the overall facts and circumstances, the Court granted them compensation of Rs. 10.00 lakhs each.

Case Briefs High Courts

Signboard of Bank of Baroda falling on the head of a passerby resulting in his death is negligence by the bank; Delhi High Court directs compensation to the deceased

A signboard coming off the façade of the building was a foreseeable event given the fact that Delhi experiences high-velocity winds, in May, each year.

Case Briefs High Courts

A 5-year-old girl lost both her arms by coming in contact with electrical overhead lines; Manipur High Court orders MSPDCL to pay compensation of Rs. 10,00,000 for being negligent in maintaining safety standards

Manipur High Court: While deciding a case, wherein a five-year old girl came in contact with an electrical overhead line

Case Briefs High Courts

Bombay HC |A bonafide train passenger being forced to walk on the railway tracks due to absence of overbridge cannot be said as ‘negligent’

A person who comes from a village looking for a job, boards a passenger train holding a valid journey ticket, alights from the train and is trying to exit the Railway Station in the absence of overbridge being forced to walk along the tracks and gets hit by another train and dies, cannot be said to be intentionally careless or negligent.

Case Briefs High Courts

J&K and Ladakh HC | Teenager dies due to electrocution; HC grants 3 lakhs compensation holding State strictly liable for negligence in maintaining transmission lines

Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: Sanjeev Kumar, J., applied the principle of strict liability to grant compensation to the petitioners

Case Briefs High Courts

[Strict Liability] Ori HC | Onus of proof, which lies on a party alleging negligence should be established on the touchstone of preponderance of probabilities

Orissa High Court: D Dash J. dismissed the appeal and held the appellants liable for compensation. The facts of the case are

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

[Breaking] Vizag Gas Leak Incident | NGT |Leakage of hazardous gas at such a scale affects public health & environment, attracts principle of ‘Strict Liability’ against enterprise; LG Polymers directed to deposit Rs 50 Crore

National Green Tribunal (NGT), New Delhi: Bench comprising of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel (Chairperson) and Justice Sheo Kumar Singh, Judicial Member and Nagin