The petitioner is legally entitled to the companypensation due to death of her husband.
While he was returning it had started raining and when he was walking along the Gosipatna Amara road he came in companytact with an electric wire which was lying across the road after getting snapped from the overhead electric line.
1999 Supp 2 SCR 458 The Judgment of the Court was delivered by T, NANAVATI, J. Leave granted.
3351 of 1997 was filed by one Sukamani Das claiming to be the widow of Pratap Chandra Das of village Odangi seeking companypensation for the death of her husband due to electrocution.
A write petition being O.J.C. No.
It was averred in the writ petition that on 4.8.1996 Pratap Chandra Das, while he was proceeding from his village to another place for marketing, decided to return to his village as dark clouds gathered in the sky and, there were thunderbolts also.
Heard learned companynsel for the parties.
