Jiuti Devi And 3 Others vs Manoj Kumar Rai And 2 Others on 13 January, 2022
In the case of United India Insurance Co. Ltd. (supra), the Apex Court granted 40,000/- to each of the children of the deceased for loss of parental consortium. Each of the children in that case were minor and the Apex Court observed that parental consortium is granted to the child upon the premature death of a parent for loss of parental aid, protection, affection, society, discipline, guidance and training. In the case in hand, the sons and daughters of the deceased were all married when the deceased died in the accident. Situated thus, respondents cannot derive any benefit from the judgments cited above. The Tribunal did not commit any error in declining to grant consortium to the claimant sons and daughters of the deceased."