Justice Virender Singh added that women perform various activities in the household and that their untimely death due to a motor vehicle accident entitles their families to compensation.
“Women are doing multifarious activities in the household. The gratuitous services rendered by women cannot be equated with money.”
These observations came in an appeal pertaining to a motor vehicle accident that occurred on June 16, 2007, in Vijaypur. Tripta Devi, a homemaker, lost her life in the accident and her husband filed a petition under Section 163-A of the Motor Vehicles Act, seeking compensation for her untimely death.
The Tribunal partly …
