https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174022 Damage caused by a breach in a canal bank may support an inference of negligence where the canal is under State management, the breach is proved, relevant records are withheld, and no act of God, third-party interference, or other non-negligent cause is shown. Res ipsa loquitur operates only as an evidentiary aid and does not create absolute liability. On limitation, Article 2 of the First Schedule to the Indian Limitation Act applies only to compensation for an act or omission done in pursuance of an enactment; where the complained-of omission is not genuinely referable to statutory authority, the residuary article applies instead. en-us Fri, 08 May 1964 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 28 Sep 2015 11:54:37 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174022 Damage caused by a breach in a canal bank may support an inference of negligence where the canal is under State management, the breach is proved, relevant records are withheld, and no act of God, third-party interference, or other non-negligent cause is shown. Res ipsa loquitur operates only as an evidentiary aid and does not create absolute liability. On limitation, Article 2 of the First Schedule to the Indian Limitation Act applies only to compensation for an act or omission done in pursuance of an enactment; where the complained-of omission is not genuinely referable to statutory authority, the residuary article applies instead. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 08 May 1964 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174022