National Insurance Co.Ltd vs Kusuma & Anr on 23 August, 2011
In the case National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Kusuma, (2011) 13 SCC 306, Hon'ble Supreme Court has held that payment of compensation to parents for the death of a child, including a stillborn, in an accident must be just and not be a pittance. A Bench of Hon'ble Justices D.K. Jain and R.M. Lodha said: