AdvertisementOTIS Elevator Co. (India) Ltd. Vs Rashmi Handa & Ors. (Supreme Court of India) The Supreme Court dismissed OTIS Elevator Co. (India) Ltd.’s appeal against the NCDRC order holding OTIS, the Military Engineering Service (MES) and Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) jointly and severally liable for compensation arising from the death of a passenger during the rescue of a stalled elevator, while allowing the connected appeal and directing the NCDRC to proceed with execution of the compensation decree. The Court held that passenger elevators are a mode of vertical transportation and should be tr...