Bihar State Power Holding Co. North v. State Human Rights Commission and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
This single-judge oral judgment scraps a direction in the State Human Rights Commission's order mandating a uniform payment of Rs. 2 lakh for electrocution deaths, upholding the rest of the impugned order dated 12.07.2013 as the Commission had jurisdiction.
What did the court decide?
The direction in the impugned order mandating a uniform payment of Rs. 2 lakh for all electrocution deaths was set aside while the rest of the order was upheld.