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The Orissa High Court has held Tata Power's northern Odisha subsidiary, TP Northern Odisha Distribution Limited (TPNODL), strictly liable for the death of a 54-year-old daily wage labourer who was electrocuted in 2007 after stepping into a live water puddle caused by a snapped low-tension electric wire in Balasore district.
In a recent order, the High Court directed the company to pay an interim compensation of Rs 2 lakh to Umamani Nayak, widow of Sanatan Nayak, who died on July 6, 2007, near Sergarh under Khantapada police station limits.
The judgment was passed by Justice Aditya Kumar Mohapatra, who applied the principle of st...