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1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 The IncidentOn 8th June 2014, 48 students and 3 faculty/sta
members f !.".# !i$nana
Jythi Institute f %n$ineerin$ and Technl$y &ere n an
educatinal 'isit f(imachal )radesh. On the fateful day, sme f the
students &ere standin$ and
s&immin$ in the *eas ri'er ne+t t andi-anali "atinal
(i$h&ay "(-21, 30
ms d&nstream the ari hydrelectric rect. uddenly, as the
d$ates fdam &ere ened, the &ater le'el f the ri'er
increased and the students &ere
&ashed a&ay. The incidents death tll &as 24 i.e. 15
males, 6 female studentsand 1 instructr &ere dr&ned. 7
rescue team f 0 members, includin$ di'ers
frm "9#:, *, Indian 7rmy, Indian "a'y and thers, searched the 1
mstretch frm ari 9am t )andh 9am and rec'ered the bdies f 24
fatalities 1.
The eratin f $ates fr the release f ri'er &ater is a nrmal
ractice freratin$ a hydr lant. The students i$nred the &arnin$
si$ns ut u near the
lcatin. The eratin sta f the dam fll&ed a set u rcedure ;as
is dne
since 0 years< fr dam eratin and released the &ater.
The eratin sta &as held $uilty and &as terminated n
char$es f ne$li$ence.They had t face le$al rceedin$s. 7 case f
ne$li$ence &as re$istered a$ainst
the ari (ydrelectric )rect fr causin$ the deaths. :ll&in$
alle$atins &ere
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u>cient rir &arnin$ &as nt $i'en.
" hrn &as sunded befre enin$ the $ates.
?llusin f rect >cials and lcal sand ma@a- (ydrelectric
rect
>cials ften clluded &ith lcal sand ma@a t arti@cially bst
&ater
releases, ushin$ ut sand &ith the &ater.
)&er rect team &as ased t reduce the $eneratin f
electricity that day.(ence, it had t shut d&n the lant,
necessitatin$ that the reser'ir &ater
be released suddenly d&nstream int the *eas ri'er.
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2 Legal Research and Analysis
2.1 a& f TrtsThe &rd trt is deri'ed frm the :rench
&rd trt, meanin$ A&rn$.A It is ind fharm r inury caused by
ne ersn r le$al entity t antherBther thanthru$h breach f
cntractBand fr &hich the la& r'ides a remedy. T
r'idecmensatin t ele &h $t inured by an actin f thers,
eitherintentinally r unintentinally, is the rimary becti'e f the
trt la&. It is Cuitessible that a trt and a crime arise frm the
same set f facts ;e.$., slain$smene in'l'es bth the trt f battery
and the crime f assault< there aresi$ni@cant dierences
bet&een the t&. ;%+hibit 4
