No amount of compensation would be sufficient
for the amount of pain and suffering that the young boy will
have to undergo for the rest of his life. Accordingly, keeping in
view the principles laid down in Baby Sakshi Greola's case
(supra), the compensation qua pain and suffering is assessed as
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Rs.15 lakhs.
In Raj Kumar v. Ajay Kumar [Raj Kumar v. Ajay
Kumar, (2011) 1 SCC 343 (2011) 1 SCC (Civ) 164 (2011) 1 SCC
(Cri) 1161], this Court laid down the heads under which
compensation is to be awarded for personal injuries: (SCC p. 348,
para 6)
"6. The heads under which compensation is
awarded in personal Injury cases are the following:
23. Recently, this Court in the case of K.S. Muralidhar (supra) on an
elaborate consideration of certain authorities (scholarly as also judicial)
on the aspect of "pain and suffering" set out the contours. It would be
relevant to refer to the following paragraphs of the said case:
14.4 In Ayush v. Reliance General Insurance relying on
Kajal (supra) the amount awarded in 'pain and suffering' was
enhanced to Rs. 10,00,000. The child who had suffered the
accident was five years old and the Court noted in paragraph 2
that: