Court orders KE to pay Rs 13.5 mln compensation in electrocution case
Key takeaways
- Add ARY News on Google AAResize KARACHI: The City Court on Saturday ordered to the K-Electric to pay Rs 13.5 million as compensation in a case of electrocution in which a citizen died while saving a child’s life.
- Senior Civil Judge Central district in a written order declared the city’s power utility negligent. “An electricity company have an extraordinary responsibility to ensure protection of the population.
- The court observed that securing the electricity transmission system and public places has been ultimate responsibility of the K-Electric.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize KARACHI: The City Court on Saturday ordered to the K-Electric to pay Rs 13.5 million as compensation in a case of electrocution in which a citizen died while saving a child’s life.
Senior Civil Judge Central district in a written order declared the city’s power utility negligent. “An electricity company have an extraordinary responsibility to ensure protection of the population. Presence of other wires on electric poles doesn’t mean the power company has been absolved of its responsibility”, court said.
The court observed that securing the electricity transmission system and public places has been ultimate responsibility of the K-Electric. “Presence of electric current in poles installed at a public place is itself an evidence of negligence”.