Hon’ble Manoj Kumar Gupta, J.—Whether Permanent Lok Adalat has jurisdiction to grant compensation to the dependents of a victim of electrocution, who died as a result of live 11000 KVA high tension line falling on him and whether the compensation awarded in the instant case is excessive and arbitrary, are the questions which arise for consideration in the instant petition.

2. On 22.4.2009 Subhash Yadav, husband of the second respondent and the father of the third to fifth respondents, while going to drop one Smt. Manju d/o Shiv Poojan at her in-laws house on a motorcycle, died of electrocution on coming into contact with live 11000 KVA high tension line near village Majhaura. The current was of such high intensity that even the motorcycle got burnt. Manju, the pillion rider was severely injured and was admitted to a hospital. On the same date, at 11.00 a.m., a First Information Report was lodged at Police Station Harpur, Budhhat, District Gorakhpur. A post-mortem was conducted by the Police also on the same date, which discloses the cause of death to be electrocution. At the time of death, he was 30 years of age and was earning Rs. 5000/- per month. According to the claiman