'Compensation must cover a lifetime of suffering': Supreme Court doubles compensation to Rs 83 lakh for child left disabled in crash, says 'entire future has been taken away'

'Compensation must cover a lifetime of suffering': The Supreme Court has nearly doubled the motor accident compensation awarded to an Odisha girl who was left with 90% permanent disability after a road crash when she was just six months old, raising the total payout to Rs 83.38 lakh from Rs 45.40 lakh and holding that injuries suffered in childhood must be assessed as a lifelong and irreversible loss.

Raccontata dahindustantimes.comeconomictimes.indiatimes.com