The Supreme Court has nearly doubled the motor accident compensation awarded to an Odisha girl who was left permanently paralysed after a road crash when she was six months old, raising the total payout to Rs 83.38 lakh and ruling that compensation in cases involving injured children must account for an entire lifetime of loss, not just the immediate physical injury.
The judgment, delivered on 3 August 2026 by a bench of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and N.V. Anjaria, set aside the Orissa High Court's award of Rs 45.40 lakh and directed New India Assurance Company Limited to deposit the revised amount along with interest at 9 per cent per annum from the date the claim was first filed.
