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MILIND. S. SONAWANE, NAGESH C. KUMBRE
Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
Arvind – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Milind S. Sonawane, Presiding Member.—This is an appeal challenging the correctness and legality of the order and judgment passed by ld. District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Latur (the ‘District Commission’ for short ) in C.C.No. 320/2018, whereby, the District Commission directed the appellants to pay jointly and severally sum of Rs. 1,75,000/- along with interest @ 6 % p.a. from the date of the filing of the complaint i.e. 26.12.2018 till the realization along with sum of Rs.5,000/- for mental and physical harassment and Rs.2,000/- as a cost of the proceedings.
2. The facts giving rise to this appeal are that, the respondent is the farmer having agricultural land bearing Gut No.125 in ‘Kasarkheda’ admeasuring 3 acres. From 2017 he cultivated sugarcane in that field and for that purpose erected the setup of electric motor, sprinkler set, wiring, drip irrigation system. He had obtained electricity connection standing in the name of his father. On 04.01.2017 at about 2.50 p.m. there was a sparking in the ‘main line’ going through his field. Because of the short circuit and sparking the fire broke out and his entire sugarcane crop burnt in the incident. He inform
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