Sunil Sharma& Ors vs Bachitar Singh & Ors on 7 February, 2011
8. The Claims Tribunal awarded a sum of `50,000/- towards loss
of love and affection. Loss of love and affection can never be
measured in terms of money. Thus, uniformity has to be
adopted by the Courts while granting non-pecuniary damages.
The Supreme Court in Sunil Sharma v. Bachitar Singh (2011)
11 SCC 425 and in Baby Radhika Gupta v. Oriental Insurance
Company Limited (2009) 17 SCC 627 granted only ` 25,000/-
(in total to all the claimants) under the head of loss of love and
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affection. Thus, I would reduce the compensation under this
head from `50,000/- to ` 25,000/- only.