Case Law Analysis
|Chhattisgarh High Court
Revenue Book Circular | Drowning in Agricultural Field Qualifies for Ex Gratia as Natural Calamity: Chhattisgarh HC
Chhattisgarh High Court rules that drowning in any water body, including agricultural fields, falls under the Revenue Book Circular's natural calamity coverage. Medical evidence of drowning overrides administrative assumptions about water depth, entitling dependents to Rs. 4,00,000 ex gratia payment.