JUDGMENT

S.B. MAJMUDAR, J.—This is a petition by the widow of deceased Ram Naresh Yadav under Article 32 of the Constitution of India against Delhi Electric Supply Undertaking, Life Insurance Corporation of India and M/s Fixwell Push-in-cords Pvt. Ltd., praying for appropriate directions against the respondents to award to the petitioner suitable compensation of Rs 5 lakhs on account of the death of her husband which according to her was caused by criminal negligence on the part of Respondent 1.

2. This is an unfortunate case in which a young and sole breadwinner of the petitioners family was lost on account of a tragic accident in which he got electrocuted by a live wire of electricity which was being supplied at the spot by Respondent 1, the Undertaking. That left the petitioner a young widow and three small children destitute. A few relevant facts leading to these proceedings may be noted at this stage. The deceased husband of the petitioner got employment as gardener in the organisation of Respondent 3, which is situated at Village Dhundahera. The husband of the petitioner was staying at Village Kapashera on the outskirts of New Delhi. The wife of the deceased along with her thr