attributed.
20. Article 21 of the Constitution of India guarantees right to life,
which includes ... right to get meaningful health care, especially during
maternity/delivery period. Article 21 imposes an obligation on the state to
safeguard the right to life
that the Act gives the right of survivorship,
by preventing the original right from getting extinguished. The legal right
involved in such cases was summed ... Constitution of
India, 'right to live' also include 'right to terminate natural life'. This
Judgment was upheld by the two-Judges
attributed.
20. Article 21 of the Constitution of India guarantees right to life,
which includes ... right to get meaningful health care, especially during
maternity/delivery period. Article 21 imposes an obligation on the state to
safeguard the right to life
record.
Human life is precious. The road users have a fundamental right to life and liberty which includes the right to safety and immediate payment ... their lives. Serious injuries often cause life-long disability for the victims which fundamentally affect quality of their life and that of their families.
Majority
record that to save the claimant's life, the right leg below knee had to be amputated and for the fractured bones, surgery ... heads (i) Pain and Suffering, (ii) Mental Agony, (iii) Expectancy of Life and (iv) Loss of amenities. While granting compensation under the above heads
Coming to the compensation for 'loss of
expectation of life', as rightly submitted by the learned
counsel for the appellant, the compensation
statutory
provisions for compensation in the statute is of no
consequence. Right to life guaranteed under article 21
of the constitution of India ... most sacred right
preserved and protected under the constitution,
violation of which is always actionable and there is no
necessity of statutory provision as such
right hand got amputated upto shoulder level, pain and suffering, mental agony, loss of earning capacity, loss of amenities of life including loss of marriage ... dispute that the claimant had sustained grievous injuries and his right hand got amputated upto shoulder level. PW.2 is the Medical Officer
follows:-
"(1) Figures calculated to represent the expectation of human life at various ages or averages arrived at from a vast mass of vital ... length of days,but the prospect of a predominantly happy life. Therefore the right conclusion cannot be reached by applying the actuarial or the statistical
drivers to see that their driving does not endanger the life of the right users of the road, may be either vehicular users or pedestrians ... that the vehicle is driven in a manner dangerous to public life. Where a person does such an offence he is punished
