India, Feb. 17 -- A woman in Uttarakhand lost her life in a motor accident. Her husband and minor son were compensated with Rs 2.5 lakhs by a motor accident claims tribunal. When the family appealed to the High Court for a higher compensation their plea was dismissed because the HC justified the Rs 2.5 lakhs compensation that was fixed basis her life expectancy and a bare minimum notional income.

The family went on to appeal to the Supreme Court and the SC bench of justices Kant and Viswanathan has made some of the most powerful observations in this case. Acknowledging a homemaker's time and effort in running a home, the bench increased the compensation to Rs 6 lakhs maintaining that a homemaker's income is difficult to compute in moneta...