Shishu Pal @ Shish Ram vs Surjeet - 2026 Supreme(SC) 684

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2026 Supreme(SC) 684

SANJAY KAROL, N. KOTISWAR SINGH
Shishu Pal @ Shish Ram – Appellant
Versus
Surjeet – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Appellant(s) : Mr. Karan Dewan, Adv. Mr. Kartik Yadav, Adv. Ms. Aanchal Jain, AOR
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Ranjan Kumar Pandey, AOR Mr. K.K. Bhat, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, AOR Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv.

JUDGMENT

SANJAY KAROL J.,

For felicity of reference, this judgment is divided into the following parts:

Index

THE APPEAL

THE ASPECT OF DELAY

In the Present facts

In General – the inordinate delay

THE HOME-MAKER: A NATION BUILDER & AN ECONOMIC ENTITY

Judicial Pronouncements

Quantifying The Contribution-of a Nation Builder

Loss Of Domestic Care: An Additional Head

Application to the present facts

DIRECTIONS

Leave granted.

THE APPEAL

2. This appeal primarily presents two vexing issues. The claimant’s struggle for compensation is two-and-a-half decades old. In other words, delay is front and centre in this case. The other issue presented is the monetisation of a homemaker’s efforts since the deceased (wife of the claimant) was a homemaker. We may only ask ourselves when in Indian society, the ‘woman of the house’ is called the ‘grihaswamini’, then why n are we still groping in the dark about the questions such as the one present in this case.

3. The fact of the accident having taken place on 25th November 2001 while the deceased was on her way to Fatehabad, from Sirsa due to the rash and negligent driving of responden

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2026 Supreme(SC) 684

SANJAY KAROL, N. KOTISWAR SINGHShishu Pal @ Shish Ram – AppellantVersusSurjeet – Respondent

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SANJAY KAROL, N. KOTISWAR SINGH
Shishu Pal @ Shish Ram – Appellant
Versus
Surjeet – Respondent