{"id":229894,"date":"2020-05-20T18:45:17","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T13:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=229894"},"modified":"2020-05-20T18:36:40","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T13:06:40","slug":"del-hc-accident-caused-due-to-non-illuminated-and-unmanned-chained-police-barricades-victim-entitled-to-claim-damages-for-negligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/05\/20\/del-hc-accident-caused-due-to-non-illuminated-and-unmanned-chained-police-barricades-victim-entitled-to-claim-damages-for-negligence\/","title":{"rendered":"Del HC | Accident caused due to non-illuminated and unmanned chained police barricades; Victim entitled to claim damages for negligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Delhi High Court:\u00a0<\/strong>Navin Chawla, J., while addressing a petition with regard to an accident caused due to the non-illuminated and unmanned police barricades held that,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;While the respondents claims and it is accepted that placing of the barricades at various places in the city is for public good, at the same time, it casts a duty on the respondent 2 to ensure that they do not become a cause for accidents.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Petitioner 1 a student of Delhi University had suffered a road accident as informed by a police constable to Petitioner 2.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An FIR was registered against petitioner 1 by respondent 2 under Sections 279 and 337 of Penal Code, 1860 for rash and negligent driving.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Though it is disputed that petitioner 1 suffered an accident after colliding with barricades . These barricades were chained to cordon off the road\/street completely.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Petitioner 1 had tried to slip through the gap in between the barriers <span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">and owing to the speed at which the vehicle was travelling, he was unable to spot the chain linking the barricades. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">It is further asserted that as no helmet or any protective gear of any sort was found at the site of the accident, the petitioner 1 was in violation of the provisions of Section 129 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">It is thus asserted that the accident occurred due to contributory negligence of petitioner 1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Disputing the above stated, photographs of the site were placed on record from which it could be seen that the barricades were placed at a spot that they could not be visible from afar.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Bench Analysis and Decision<\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 4\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Clause 6 of the Standing Order for &#8220;<span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Procurement, Maintenance, Repairs and Operational Usage of Delhi Police Mobile Barricades? <\/span><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">mandates that all barricades must have necessary fluorescent paint as well as blinkers so that they are visible from a long distance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"> Clause 10 of the Standing Order further mandates that the barricades, under no circumstances, should be left unmanned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bench observed that from the photographs placed in record that <strong><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; color: #ff0000;\">place where the barricades were kept was not properly lighted. It is not shown that the barricades had adequate reflectors or blinkers so as to make them visible from a long distance. <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">They were also unmanned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Further the bench added that, m<span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">erely because no helmet was shown to have been recovered from the site, cannot lead to a conclusion that the petitioner 1 was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident or was driving his motorcycle at a high speed or rashly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thus, petitioners are held entitled to claim damages for negligence and failure of respondent 2 in discharging its duty.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 11\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A total compensation of Rs 75 lacs is found just and payable to the petitioners by the respondent 2. 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