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2 decades after road accident, Punjab and Haryana HC hikes victim’s compensation by 6 times

December 18, 2025 4:45 pm

The Punjab and Haryana High Court says even accidents without a vehicle collision must be fairly assessed and that payouts cannot be token.

Supreme Court increases compensation for parents of teen killed in road accident, cites 'pain and suffering’

December 16, 2025 6:05 pm

A bench comprising Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Vinod Chandran were hearing the parents' plea against the orders of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal and the high court.

‘Can’t deny compensation saying no ticket found’: Rajasthan High Court orders Rs 8 lakh award to train accident victim kin

December 11, 2025 9:25 pm

Rajasthan HC Train Accident Compensation News: While overturning a tribunal’s order and accepting the claim of the family of a train accident victim, Justice Bipin Gupta said that such an approach would run counter to both the spirit of the Act and the principles of social justice.

Asked to report to police 60 km away from home, man facing case gets Rs 1 lakh compensation from Patna High Court

December 08, 2025 6:27 pm

The court noted that it had come across several such orders wherein persons against whom externment order is passed were directed to mark attendance sometimes at a distance of 100 kilometer from their place of residence.

Madras High Court says ‘foisted’ case, quashes FIR, orders Rs 8 lakh compensation to man

November 28, 2025 6:47 pm

Justice B Pugarendhi was hearing a plea which sought quashing of the FIR and the connected proceedings on the ground that he was unable to find a job in India or abroad due to the pending case.

Orissa High Court says jail authorities negligent, orders Rs 20 lakh compensation to wife of undertrial who died during treatment

November 26, 2025 4:35 pm

Orissa high court compensation, Orissa HC undertrial death ruling: Justice Biraja Prasanna Satapathy, while considering the ‘negligence on the part of the jail authorities in not providing proper and better treatment to the undertrial’, directed the state government to release the compensation within 6 weeks.

After death row acquittal, why are three men seeking compensation in Supreme Court

October 29, 2025 2:54 pm

Wrongful Conviction Case, Supreme Court Compensation Petition: The Supreme Court acquitted three men on death row this year. They have now moved the top court seeking compensation for the trauma suffered and the time lost due to their wrongful incarceration.

Kerala govt can resolve Munambam Waqf row by acquiring disputed land, says head of panel formed to find solution

May 22, 2025 10:19 pm

The BJP in Kerala had rallied behind the residents of the land, a majority of them Catholics, during the recent nationwide debate regarding Waqf property in the wake of the Centre bringing the Waqf (Amendment) Bill to Parliament.

Their homes were demolished over a gangster link that wasn’t. Meet the Prayagraj petitioners who moved Supreme Court and won

April 04, 2025 7:32 am

Earlier this week, the apex court ordered the Prayagraj Development Authority to pay Rs 10 lakh to each of the five petitioners

Protest over rape-murder of Junior Doctor at R G Kar Hospital: Mamata Banerjee says 29 patients lost lives due to junior doctors’ strike, announces aid  

September 14, 2024 12:43 am

The chief minister’s announcement comes a day after the government’s talks with the protesting junior doctors failed to take off over the issue of live-streaming the meeting.

Jat community leader appeals for peace

February 22, 2016 2:54 pm

New Delhi, Feb 22 (ANI): All India Jat Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti (AIJASS) chief Yashpal Malik has appealed the agitators to stop their protest and go back to their homes. He said that compensation would be given to those died in this agitation. He added agitators should remain calm and should damage public properties.

5-year old died after falling into pit in Delhi

February 15, 2016 6:56 am

New Delhi, Feb 15 (ANI): A five-year old girl died after falling into a pit in Kishangarh area of New Delhi. Her father said that she went to feed a cow with her friend to a nearby place where the incident took place. He added that DDA Authorities have not been told about any compensation till now.

Deputy CM Sukhbir Badal on Sikh riots compensation

January 12, 2015 10:39 am