Srinagar, Nov. 28 -- In a case of explicit negligence by the Power Development Department (PDD) which resulted in permanent disability to a woman in 2011, J&K High Court has awarded Rs two lakhs in her favor "on account of pain and sufferance" caused due to the horrific accident.

Justice Sanjay Dhar while delivering the judgment in the writ petition of Mst Mala Begum of Primpora said "given the fact that the petitioner has suffered a horrific accident which has resulted in amputation of her lower limbs, it can safely be assumed that she must have undergone a lot of pain and suffering".

The judge accordingly awarded a sum of Rs.2.00 lakhs in her favor on account of "pain and sufferance".

Mala, a house-wife was working in her vegetable f...