Supreme Court of India

Savita v. Bindar Singh

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Bench Gyan Sudha Misra J.
Decided 25 March 2014

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the compensation under the head ‘loss of consortium’ to the spouse, loss of love, care and guidance to children and funeral expenses amounts should have been awarded under such heads, that is, for 1,00,000/- and 25,000/- respectively and we award such Page 10 JUDGMENT 10 compensation under the said heads.

Judgment, page 9

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