JUDGMENT :

1. The petitioner, who is an unfortunate girl child of 14 years of age, after having suffered amputation of her right arm up to shoulder level and two fingers of left foot because of electrocution, has filed the present petition through her father for grant of compensation for an amount of Rs. 50,00,000/- along with interest by stating therein that on 03.09.2020 while she was playing with other children in a vacant common land situated near to her house at Village, Nathal Senui, Tehsil Kharah Balli District Jammu, she came into contact with 11 KV electric wire which was hanging in air just four to five feet above the ground level, as a result of which the petitioner suffered electric shock. Due to electrocution, the petitioner suffered multiple burn injuries on her whole body, particularly on her right arm, legs, foot and private part. The case projected by the petitioner in the present writ petition is that the petitioner suffered electric shock due to negligence on part of the officials of the respondents as they failed to maintain safe distance between the high-tension wires and the ground, so as to prevent any human being coming into contact with the electric wires.

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