JYOTI PRASAD DECEASED THR LRS vs EAST END ENTERPRISES & ORS.

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 13.11.2025 Judgment pronounced on: 17.11.2025 FAO 72/2023 JYOTI PRASAD DECEASED THR LRS .....Appellants Through: Mr. Radhey Shyam Soni with Mr. Abhijeet Soni, Advocates. Versus EAST END ENTERPRISES & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Ravi Sabharwal, Advocate for R-3. Mr. Anil Kumar Batra, Ms. Shashi Bala and Mr. Dhuruv Kumar, Advocates for R-2. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA JUDGMENT CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA, J. 1. The present appeal arises out of the order dated 01.12.2022passed by the Additional District Judge, Shahdara, Karkardooma Courts, in Civil Suit No. 189/2013 titled as “Jyoti Prasad v. East End Enterprises & Ors.”, 2. The suit was instituted in 2013 by late Shri Jyoti Prasad, the plaintiff, relating to the death of his son, daughter-in-law, and their two minor children. The family died in an incident involving gas leakage shortly after the delivery of an LPG cylinder. Compensation was claimed on the premise that the deaths were attributable to negligence on the part of the respondents. 3. During the pendency of the suit, on 19.11.2016 the sole plaintiff, passed away on 19.11.2016, leaving be