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SANJEEV KUMAR, RAHUL BHARTI
State of J&K – Appellant
Versus
Manjeet Kour – Respondent
JUDGEMENT
SANJEEV KUMAR, J.
1. This intra Court appeal by the then State of Jammu & Kashmir (now UT of Jammu & Kashmir) and four others is directed against the judgment dated 01.02.2017 passed by the learned Single Judge ["the Writ Court"] in OWP No.192/2004 titled Manjeet Kour and others v. State of J&K and others. In terms of the judgment impugned, the respondents herein have been held entitled to a lump sum compensation of Rs. 11,50,000/- minus a sum of Rs. 50,000/-, already granted by way of interim compensation, along with interest @ 7.5% to be apportioned among the respondents as per the detail given in the judgment itself.
2. Before we advert to the grounds of challenge urged by the learned counsel for the appellants to assail the judgment impugned, we deem it appropriate to give brief factual background leading to the filing of this appeal.
Predecessor-in-interest of the respondents, namely, Raghuvir Singh got electrocuted on 05.03.2003 at about 5 a.m. when he inadvertently came into contact with live/exposed electric transformer. The incident was reported to the police and FIR No. 23 dated 05.03.2003 came to be registered in Police Station, Miran Sahib Tehsil R.S. Pura. The bo
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