compensation Archives

If public transportation has to survive and compete with private players, they have to improve system and their working culture | Read SC’s opinion on liability of railways towards passengers for delayed train arrival

Supreme Court: While addressing the matter wherein a passenger suffered loss and agony due to delay in the arrival of train, M.R

Case Briefs Supreme Court

SC allows reduction in sentence under S. 498-A IPC if husband pays Rs 3 lakh compensation to wife, children

Supreme Court: A Division Bench of Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hrishikesh Roy, JJ. agreed to reduce the sentence of the appellant−husband convicted

Case Briefs High Courts

Due to employer’s negligence, an employee suffered 100% disability | Read how Del HC emphasises on principle of res ipsa loquitur and strict liability to pronounce decision

Delhi High Court: Anup Jairam Bhambhani, J., emphasizing the principle of res ipsa loquitur and placing a detailed explanation on the same

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Supreme Court directs NOIDA to pay Rs 36 crore compensation in a land acquisition dispute for illegally taking over excess land

Supreme Court: The Division Bench comprising of Rohinton Fali Nariman and B.R. Gavai, JJ., settled a decade-old land-acquisition dispute by directing NOIDA

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Right to Property under Art. 300 A – A Human and Constitutional Right? Court decides in a dispute of construction of National Highway [Land Owners v. State]

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of S.V. Gangapurwala and Shrikant D. Kulkarni, JJ., expressed that, In a welfare State, statutory authorities

Case Briefs Supreme Court

COVID-19| NDMA to come up with uniform guidelines for ex gratia assistance on account of lives lost due to Covid-19 within 6 weeks [Read SC directions]

Supreme Court: After the Court was approached seeking direction to the Government to provide notified ex-gratia monitory compensation of Rs.4,00,000/- to the

Case Briefs High Courts

Can writ under Art. 226 Constitution of India be filed for grant of compensation under public law for infringement of fundamental right? Chh HC answers

Chhattisgarh High Court: Sanjay K Agrawal, J., allowed the petition and granted compensation for infringement of right to a speedy trial under

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Italian marines allegedly kill two Indian fishermen in 2012! Here’s why Supreme Court has closed all proceedings against them

In 2012, two fishermen were killed while fishing off the coast of Kerala after allegedly two Italian Military Naval officials fired at them from a passing ship.

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Whether the Tribunal is justified in re-deciding the quantum of compensation when it isn’t even disputed? HC answers

Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Dr Kaushal Jayendra Thaker and Ajit Singh, JJ., addressed an interesting question as to whether

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | What’s the purpose of keeping money in FD where claimant is unable to see colour of compensation?: HC directs Tribunal to disburse entire claim amount to claimant’s account

Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Dr Kaushal Jayendra Thaker and Ajit Singh, JJ., allowed the appeal of the claimants in

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NHRC | Food poisoning of 15 children in a Government School, Odisha: Two teachers put under suspension for negligence [Full Report]

The persistence of the National Human Rights Commission, India in a case of food poisoning of 15 children in a government school

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NGT | Compensation for damage to environment has to be in light of cost of restoration: Issue of compensation to be revisited in case of illegal mechanical sand mining on river bed of Yamuna

National Green Tribunal (NGT): The Coram of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, Chairperson and Justice Sudhir Agarwal, Justice Brijesh Sethi, Judicial Members and

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras HC | 4 Fishermen killed by Sri Lankan Navy. State & Centre to provide adequate compensation in wake of untimely deaths of fishermen

Madras High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjib Banerjee, CJ and Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy, J., addressed an issue wherein the association of fishermen

Case Briefs High Courts

[MV Act] Kar HC | Evidence is examined on the touchstone of ‘preponderance of probabilities’, Standard of proof of accident beyond reasonable doubt to not apply

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Alok Aradhe and Nataraj Rangaswamy, JJ., disposed of the appeal after modifying the compensation. The

Case Briefs Supreme Court

[MV Act] Does Claims Tribunal possess any authority to award costs? Supreme Court to decide

Supreme Court: Taking note of an important legal question raised by the High Court of Kerala while hearing a Motor Vehicle Accident

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | Will absence of any specific claim under S. 166 MV Act in pleadings deprive a claimant(s) of getting just compensation? HC answers

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of S. Sujatha and Sachin Shankar Magadum JJ., allowed the appeal and set aside the impugned

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | “An Arbitral award cannot be set aside merely on the ground that compensation awarded is insufficient”; HC concurs with findings of lower Court

Kerala High Court: The Division Bench of C. T. Ravikumar and K. Haripal, JJ., partly allowed the instant petition filed under Section

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Whether it would be fair to deny compensation for loss of dependency to a parent, who may not be dependent on his/her child at the time of accident per se but would become dependent at his/her later age? HC explains

Delhi High Court: J.R. Midha, J., while addressing a motor accidents claim application decided on the issue whether it would be fair to

Case Briefs District Court

Amazon to pay Rs 45000 for rowing back on confirmed order for laptop by Law student, can’t evade responsibility when it allowed ‘Rockery Marketing’

State Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission, Odisha (SCDRC): Dr D.P. Choudhury (President) modified the compensation amount awarded to a Law Student in light of

Case Briefs High Courts

[MV Act] Kar HC| When there is breach of policy condition and the policy is in force at the time of accident, “Pay and Recover” principle to be applied

Karnataka High Court: Ashok S. Kinagi J., allowed the appeal and applied the pay and recover principle fastening the liability on the