Madras High Court (Madurai Bench)* – *Judge:* Justice K. Kumaresh Babu – *Parties:* [Not specified in the news report] ( likely the family of the deceased vs. Tangedco) – *Date of Order:* December 2, 2025 – *Counsel:* Not specified – *Court Observation:* The court directed Tangedco to pay ₹20 lakh as compensation to the family of a man who was electrocuted while working on an electric pole installation without proper authorization. The court noted that a Tangedco foreman had engaged the deceased without permission, and the foreman was subsequently suspended and punished

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HC directs Tangedco to pay compensation to kin of man who was electrocuted after unauthorisedly engaged for work
Published – December 02, 2025 08:14 pm IST – MADURAI

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The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has directed Tangedco to pay ₹20 lakh as compensation to the family of a man from Madukkur in Thanjavur district who was electrocuted in 2021. He was unauthorisedly engaged by the Department for rectifying the electrical connection.

Justice K. Kumaresh Babu observed that a foreman working in Tangedco in Madukkur had engaged the man on his own motion for the installation of an electric pole without getting any prior permission from the Department. While erecting the electric pole, the man was electrocuted. The foreman was suspended and imposed with a punishment.
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– *Judge:* Justice K. Kumaresh Babu
– *Parties:* [Not specified in the news report] ( likely the family of the deceased vs. Tangedco)
– *Date of Order:* December 2, 2025
– *Counsel:* Not specified
– *Court Observation:* The court directed Tangedco to pay ₹20 lakh as compensation to the family of a man who was electrocuted while working on an electric pole installation without proper authorization. The court noted that a Tangedco foreman had engaged the deceased without permission, and the foreman was subsequently suspended and punished.