The Supreme Court has said in road accident cases where the victim has suffered permanent disability, the courts should make a genuine attempt to help restore the self-dignity of such claimants, by awarding "just compensation". The efforts must be to substantially ameliorate the misery of the claimant and recognise his actual needs by accounting for the ground realities, it
A Bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and R Subhash Reddy, which had reserved the decision early this month, left it to the discretion of the Gujarat High Court, which had disrobed him as a senior advocate beyond two years. It said ends of justice would be served by temporarily restoring his designation.
The Supreme Court has said a motor accident claim tribunal is not bound to rely upon the FIR to decide compensation if the evidence before it runs contrary to the contents of the police report. A bench of Justices R Subhash Reddy and Hrishikesh Roy dismissed an appeal filed by National Insurance Company Ltd appeal against the Madras High Court's order to pay Rs 1.84 cr
The Supreme Court has stayed the criminal proceedings initiated against a retired chief engineer of the Hemavathi project in a disproportionate assets case. The top court asked Karnataka's Lokayukta to respond to a petition filed by him against the summons issued against him in the case.