Delhi HC directs MCD to pay ₹10 lakh for a minor's death due to negligence, applying res ipsa loquitur and affirming compensation for fundamental rights violations.
Read Full ArticleThe Jharkhand High Court ruled that acquittal does not automatically entitle an accused to compensation, dismissing a petition for recompense after acquittal.
The Supreme Court ruled that victim compensation under CrPC cannot reduce an accused's sentence, emphasizing compensation and sentencing are independent.
Defamation trouble for Rakhi Sawant and a lawyer from Sameer Wankhede.
Awarding compensation to the family of a mason worker who lost his life after falling from a running train, the Delhi High Court has held that, "All said and done, once it is proven that the deceased was travelling as a bona fide passenger and he fell from a running train, the respondent/railways cannot avoid its liability." Read more about the case and the Court's reasoning here.
While hearing the Belagavi stripping case, Karnataka High Court pulled up bystanders for their collective cowardice.
The Orissa High Court recently directed the Puri Municipal Corporation to pay Rs 10 lakhs as compensation to the father of a child who was killed by street dogs in 2016.
The Supreme Court directs government authorities to pay a compensation of Rs. 30 lakh in case of sewer deaths during the practice of manual scavenging across the country.
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