{"id":16473,"date":"2009-01-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-28T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-k-s-e-b-vs-mrs-reeth-on-29-january-2009"},"modified":"2017-08-12T05:18:27","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T23:48:27","slug":"the-k-s-e-b-vs-mrs-reeth-on-29-january-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-k-s-e-b-vs-mrs-reeth-on-29-january-2009","title":{"rendered":"The K.S.E.B vs Mrs. Reeth on 29 January, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
The K.S.E.B vs Mrs. Reeth on 29 January, 2009<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nRFA.No. 810 of 2008()\n\n\n1. THE K.S.E.B, VYDHUDHI BHAVAN,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. MRS. REETH, AGED 51 YEARS,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. BELSITTA, AGED 34 YEARS,D\/O. LATE\n\n3. CLARA, AGED 28 YEARS,\n\n4. EUGINE, AGED 32 YEARS,\n\n5. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.C.K.KARUNAKARAN, SC FOR KSEB\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice KURIAN JOSEPH\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice P.R.RAMACHANDRA MENON\n\n Dated :29\/01\/2009\n\n O R D E R\n                              KURIAN JOSEPH &\n                 P.R. RAMACHANDRA MENON, JJ.\n               ........................................................................\n                        R.F.A. No. 810 OF 2008\n                                                &\n             C.M . Application No. 2353 OF 2008\n              .........................................................................\n                         Dated this the 29th January, 2009\n\n\n\n                                  J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n
Ramachandra Menon, J. :\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
     The appeal is filed by the first defendant in O.S.No. 146 of<\/p>\n
2005 on the file of the Sub Court, Neyyattinkara, challenging the<\/p>\n
judgment and decree passed therein, awarding a total<\/p>\n
compensation of Rs.3 lakhs with interest at the rate of 6% per<\/p>\n
annum from the date of the suit till realisation and cost in respect<\/p>\n
of electrocution of the late Stephen, the husband of the first<\/p>\n
respondent herein (first plaintiff) and father of respondent Nos. 2<\/p>\n
to 4 (plaintiff Nos. 2 to 4).\n<\/p>\n
     2.   The appeal has been filed                               with an application to<\/p>\n
condone the delay of               44 days in filing the same. When the<\/p>\n
matter came up for consideration                                  before this Court on<\/p>\n
04.12.2008, the appellant was directed to produce a copy of the<\/p>\n
R.F.A. No. 810 OF 2008 & C.M . Application No. 2353 OF 2008<\/p>\n
                                   2<\/span><\/p>\n
plaint along with the deposition of P.Ws.1 and 2 on 15.12.2008.<\/p>\n
It was noting the fact that the appellant-Board had not chosen<\/p>\n
to adduce any evidence – oral or documentary and that the only<\/p>\n
evidence, if at all any that could have been relied on by the<\/p>\n
Board could only be those elicited from the version of P.Ws. 1<\/p>\n
and 2 during their cross examination, that it was felt very much<\/p>\n
appropriate for this court to look into the merits of the case as<\/p>\n
well while considering the petition seeking to condone the delay<\/p>\n
in filing the appeal.\n<\/p>\n
       3. The deceased Stephen while proceeding along the<\/p>\n
pathway on 19.06.1993 happened to come across a broken live<\/p>\n
wire of the K.S.E.B., sustaining serious electric shock leading to<\/p>\n
his death, which formed the subject matter of the Crime No.145<\/p>\n
of 2003 registered by        Kanjiramkulam Police station under<\/p>\n
Section 174 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The death was<\/p>\n
sought to be compensated by filing the above Suit before the<\/p>\n
court below by the widow and children of the deceased, being<\/p>\n
the sole legal heirs, stating that the accident was only because<\/p>\n
of the lack of diligence and proper care in maintaining the supply<\/p>\n
R.F.A. No. 810 OF 2008 & C.M . Application No. 2353 OF 2008<\/p>\n
                                   3<\/span><\/p>\n
line by the appellant Board.\n<\/p>\n
      4.    The claim limited to Rs. 3 lakhs        plus interest was<\/p>\n
opposed by the appellant-Board raising mainly three grounds;<\/p>\n
that the suit itself was not maintainable ; that the suit was bad<\/p>\n
for non-joinder of necessary parties and further that there was no<\/p>\n
negligence on the part of the Board.        It was contended by the<\/p>\n
Board that the accident occurred not in the manner described in<\/p>\n
the plaint and that a galvanised iron stay wire tied between<\/p>\n
two coconut palms over and across a LT single phase line         was<\/p>\n
broken due to stretching of the trees in wind, whereby one of<\/p>\n
the broken wires which was hanging from the coconut palm<\/p>\n
belonging to one P. Vincent fell on the pathway touching the<\/p>\n
phase conductor. It was stated by the Board that the other end<\/p>\n
of the wire was tied to another coconut palm in the property of<\/p>\n
one B. George. The deceased Stephen, according to the Board,<\/p>\n
in a rash and negligent manner pulled the wire which was in<\/p>\n
contact with the live electric line causing leakage of electricity<\/p>\n
through his body leading to his death. The negligence attributed<\/p>\n
on the Board was disputed, seeking           to fix the same on the<\/p>\n
R.F.A. No. 810 OF 2008 & C.M . Application No. 2353 OF 2008<\/p>\n
                                   4<\/span><\/p>\n
deceased himself. The plea of non-joinder of necessary parties<\/p>\n
was also put forth     referring to the fact that       owners of the<\/p>\n
concerned properties where the coconut palms were planted,<\/p>\n
were not made parties to the proceedings.\n<\/p>\n
      5. It is seen that P.Ws. 1 and 2 were examined on the side<\/p>\n
of the plaintiff\/appellant and Exts. A1 to A5 were marked . No<\/p>\n
evidence was adduced, either oral or documentary, from the<\/p>\n
part of the defendant\/the appellant herein to substantiate their<\/p>\n
contentions.\n<\/p>\n
      6. As observed by the court below in paragraph No.7 of the<\/p>\n
impugned judgment , the defendant-Board had not produced any<\/p>\n
material to show that the electrocution was due to any rash or<\/p>\n
negligent act by the deceased, as contended by the Board in the<\/p>\n
written statement. Nobody was examined from the part of the<\/p>\n
Board, even to suggest the existence of any stay wire allegedly<\/p>\n
tied between     two coconut       palms and broken in the wind.<\/p>\n
Hence it was not at all necessary for impleading the owners of<\/p>\n
the property where the coconut palms were planted, as rightly<\/p>\n
held by the court below in paragraph No.7 of the judgment.<\/p>\n
R.F.A. No. 810 OF 2008 & C.M . Application No. 2353 OF 2008<\/p>\n
                                   5<\/span><\/p>\n
Similarly, the challenge against maintainability of the Suit was<\/p>\n
also not substantiated, at least, by stating in what way the suit<\/p>\n
was not maintainable. In any view of the matter, as observed<\/p>\n
by the court below in paragraph No.7 of the impugned judgment,<\/p>\n
the contentions raised by the Board as to the ‘maintainability’ of<\/p>\n
the suit and as to the ‘non-joinder of necessary parties’    were<\/p>\n
not pressed during the trial stage, which made the court below to<\/p>\n
arrive at a finding against the Board in this regard. The finding<\/p>\n
and reasoning given by the court below on these two issues<\/p>\n
(Issue Nos.1 and 2), hence, is not assailable in any<\/p>\n
circumstances.\n<\/p>\n
      7. With regard to the extent of damages, the total amount<\/p>\n
originally claimed in the plaint was Rs.4,10,000\/-, which<\/p>\n
however was limited to a total sum of Rs. Three lakhs plus<\/p>\n
interest.    It has been brought out in evidence ( from the<\/p>\n
deposition of P.Ws. 1 and 2 and also by virtue of Exts.A1 to A5)<\/p>\n
that the deceased sustained electric shock when the live electric<\/p>\n
wire which was broken and lying down on the pathway came<\/p>\n
into contact with the deceased through the water accumulated on<\/p>\n
R.F.A. No. 810 OF 2008 & C.M . Application No. 2353 OF 2008<\/p>\n
                                   6<\/span><\/p>\n
the pathway. As observed by the court below, the defendant<\/p>\n
Board had not produced even the site mahazar to examine any<\/p>\n
chance or probability of the case suggested by the Board in the<\/p>\n
written statement.     It was accordingly that the court below<\/p>\n
arrived at a clear finding that the plaintiffs were very much<\/p>\n
entitled to get a decree in their favour.\n<\/p>\n
       8. In this context, it is also relevant to note that the<\/p>\n
negligence on the part of the appellant-Board can be inferred<\/p>\n
from the facts and circumstances of the case, as made clear by<\/p>\n
this court vide decisions reported in K.S.E.B. vs. Kamalakshy<\/p>\n
Amma<\/a> (1986 K.L.T. 1124 ) and in Thressia vs. K.S.E. Board<\/a><\/p>\n
(1987 (1) K.L.T. 492) . In the instant case, the breakage of<\/p>\n
live wire and leakage of electricity only points to the negligence<\/p>\n
and lack of proper care and maintenance on the part of the<\/p>\n
Board in maintaining the electric line, without any regard to the<\/p>\n
lives and limbs of the general public . As it stands so, the issue<\/p>\n
No.3    answered by the trial court in favour of the plaintiffs,<\/p>\n
declaring their eligibility to      claim compensation from the<\/p>\n
defendant-Board is perfectly in order.\n<\/p>\n
R.F.A. No. 810 OF 2008 & C.M . Application No. 2353 OF 2008<\/p>\n
                                   7<\/span><\/p>\n
      9.    The facts and evidence discussed by the trial court<\/p>\n
reveal that the deceased was a fisherman aged 51 years. For<\/p>\n
computing the loss of dependency, the monthly income of the<\/p>\n
deceased has been reckoned by the court below only at a<\/p>\n
notional level. Even otherwise, the fact that the deceased was<\/p>\n
maintaining his family consisting of three grown up members,<\/p>\n
besides himself is enough to presume the same. Taking note of<\/p>\n
the relevant   age factor, the trial court has fixed the ‘loss of<\/p>\n
dependency’ at Rs.2,50,000\/-, fixing also such other amounts<\/p>\n
as Rs.20,000\/- towards ‘loss of estate’; Rs.20,000\/- towards<\/p>\n
‘loss of love and affection’           and     Rs.10,000\/-   towards<\/p>\n
compensation for ‘pain and suffering’,          thus granting a total<\/p>\n
sum of Rs. 3 lakhs which is very much reasonable and cannot<\/p>\n
be stated as on the higher side, on any scale.\n<\/p>\n
      In the above facts and circumstances, particularly in the<\/p>\n
absence of any contra evidence, this court does not find any<\/p>\n
tenable ground     necessitating     interference on merits and as<\/p>\n
such,     no purpose will be served by issuing notice to the<\/p>\n
respondents\/plaintiffs in the petition filed by the appellant\/Board<\/p>\n
R.F.A. No. 810 OF 2008 & C.M . Application No. 2353 OF 2008<\/p>\n
                                   8<\/span><\/p>\n
seeking to condone the delay in filing the appeal. Accordingly,<\/p>\n
C.M. Application No.2353 of 2008 seeking to condone the delay<\/p>\n
in filing the appeal   and consequently the appeal are hereby<\/p>\n
dismissed. No cost. I.A.NO. 5115 of 2008 is also dismissed.<\/p>\n
                                         KURIAN JOSEPH,
\n                                               JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n
                                   P.R. RAMACHANDRA MENON,
\n                                               JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n
lk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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