Supreme Court of India

M.S. Grewal and Anr. v. Deep Chand Sood and Ors.

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Reported as [2001] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 156

Bench A.P. Misra and Umesh C. Banerjee JJ.

Decided 24 August 2001

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, we are unable to record our concurrence with the submissions of Mr.

Judgment, page 16

From the headnote

Negligence-School-Picnic organised by-Negligence of teachers Vicarious liability of school-Picnic on bank of river-Students allowed to stray. down stream and enter unchartered water-Drowning-Death of fourteen students-Writ by parents of deceased children-School held vicariously liable-Compensation to parents of deceased children-Determination of compensation-Principles for. Negligence-Meaning of-Difference between negligence and inadvertence. Teacher-Students under charge-Duty of care towards students. In a picnic organised by a school on the bank of a river death of 14 students occurred due

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2022 Meena Devi v. Nunu Chand Mahto @ Nemchand Mahto & Ors referred to
2022 Sanjay Gupta & Ors v. State of Uttar Pradesh through its Chief Secretary & Ors referred to
2012 Santosh Devi v. National Insurance Company Ltd. and Others referred to
2011 National Insurance Company Ltd. v. Kusuma and Anr. referred to
2013 Dr. Balram Prasad v. Dr. Kunal Saha & Ors. mentioned

Of those, 2 relied on · 4 referred to · 1 mentioned

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