{"id":49006,"date":"2005-12-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-12-19T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/kamini-bai-and-ors-vs-kumar-chandrakar-and-ors-on-20-december-2005"},"modified":"2017-09-22T05:53:08","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T00:23:08","slug":"kamini-bai-and-ors-vs-kumar-chandrakar-and-ors-on-20-december-2005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/kamini-bai-and-ors-vs-kumar-chandrakar-and-ors-on-20-december-2005","title":{"rendered":"Kamini Bai And Ors. vs Kumar Chandrakar And Ors. on 20 December, 2005"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Chattisgarh High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Kamini Bai And Ors. vs Kumar Chandrakar And Ors. on 20 December, 2005<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: II (2006) ACC 347<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: S Nayak<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: S Nayak, S K Agnihotri<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>JUDGMENT<\/p>\n<p>S.R. Nayak, C.J.<\/p>\n<p>1. This is an appeal preferred by the dependants of the deceased seeking more compensation. The appellants are widow, minor child and parents of the deceased. The only contention raised by Mr. Verma, learned Counsel for the appellants in the course of argument is that what is awarded towards conventional heads as compensation is very much on lower side.\n<\/p>\n<p>2. We have perused the impugned award. The M.A.C.T. has awarded sum of Rs. 5,000 towards loss of consortium and loss of love and affection and Rs. 3,000 towards funeral expenses. It has not awarded any compensation towards loss of estate. As we repeatedly said and reiterated in our orders recently handed down that even the compensation to be awarded by the M.A.C.T. under conventional heads should reflect time and place and it cannot be static for all the time. Therefore, we award Rs. 20,000 towards loss of consortium to the widow, Rs. 20,000 towards loss of love and affection to minor child and another Rs. 20,000 towards loss of the estate. The impugned award shall stand modified accordingly and in all other respects the impugned award shall remain unaltered.\n<\/p>\n<p>3. In the facts and circumstances of the case, both the parties are directed to bear their respective costs in this appeal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chattisgarh High Court Kamini Bai And Ors. vs Kumar Chandrakar And Ors. on 20 December, 2005 Equivalent citations: II (2006) ACC 347 Author: S Nayak Bench: S Nayak, S K Agnihotri JUDGMENT S.R. Nayak, C.J. 1. This is an appeal preferred by the dependants of the deceased seeking more compensation. 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