Housewife contributes to nation: Supreme Court orders additional compensation for loss of wife's domestic care in road accident cases
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The Supreme Court on Thursday recognized loss of wife's domestic care as a separate head of compensation in claims under the Motor Vehicles Act (MV Act).A Bench of Justice Sanjoy Karol and Justice NK Singh passed the ruling while granting additional compensation in a motor vehicle accident case to a widower for the loss of his wife.“The loss of domestic care would be an additional ground in addition to what has been laid down in Pranay Sethi. We only hope and trust that the homemaker will now ac