Enhancement of Compensation Archives

[Motor Accident Claims] Calcutta High Court enhances compensation due to extensive medical treatment and victim’s permanent disability

“The person who works in any field if his right hand suffered deformity that will definitely affect inconvenience, hardship, discomfort, frustration and mental stress in his life.”

Case Briefs Supreme Court (Constitution/Larger Benches)

Bhopal Gas Tragedy| Supreme Court Constitution Bench dismisses Centre’s plea for enhanced compensation from Union Carbide Corporation

The Supreme Court however, ordered that a sum of Rs 50 crore lying with the Reserve Bank of India be utilized by the Center to satisfy the pending claims, if any, in accordance with the Bhopal Gas leak Disaster Act, 1985 and schemes framed thereunder.

Case Briefs High Courts

Bombay High Court | Interim maintenance cannot be denied based on qualifications of wife

Bombay High Court held that maintenance cannot be denied because of possession of higher qualification by wife considering the wife is unemployed.

Case Briefs High Courts

“If relief is not moulded by awarding higher compensation, we will be failing in our duty”; Kar HC discussed compensation vis a vis permanent sexual disability in motor accident cases

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of S.G Pandit and Anant Ramanath Hegde, JJ. allowed the appeal and modified the impugned order

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Enhancement of compensation to minor rape victim under Punjab Victim Compensation Scheme allowed

Punjab and Haryana High Court: The Division Bench of Daya Chaudhary & Sudhir Mittal, JJ. allowed the application for the enhancement of