Supreme Court Upholds Heirs in Negligence Claim for Collapse of Municipal Clock Tower. Res Ipsa Loquitur Applies and Owner of Structure Adjacent to Highway Is Liable Irrespective of Patent or Latent Defect Under Section 1 of Fatal Accidents Act, 1885....
These appeals arose from three suits for damages filed by the heirs of Ram Parkash, Panni Devi, and Gopi Chand, who died when an 80-year-old Clock Tower in Chandni Chowk, Delhi, collapsed. The tower w...




