The Delhi High Court has enhanced the compensation of a 74-year-old homemaker whose legs were crushed in a bus accident, holding that her unpaid household and caregiving work cannot be disregarded merely because she is over 70.
Dissolving a broken-down marriage between two doctors by mutual consent, the Madras High Court has said that just as there are housewives, there can be house husbands too, and that this should become a ‘new normal’ to help preserve the institution of marriage. The Court, waiving the six-month cooling-off period, directed the husband, a cardiologist, to pay Rs 1.5 crore to the wife and Rs 50 lakh to each of their two children.
The Supreme Court held that loss of a wife’s domestic care constitutes an independent head of compensation in motor accident claims. Granting enhanced compensation to a widower, the Court recognised homemakers’ invaluable contribution and observed that they should be regarded as “nation-builders” in society.
