The claimants, legal heirs of a homemaker who died in a road accident on 25 November 2001 due to rash and negligent driving, had been pursuing compensation for over two and a half decades. The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Sirsa initially awarded Rs. 2,42,000/-, which the Punjab and Haryana High Court enhanced to Rs. 8,43,400/- with escalating interest rates after the case languished for twenty years partly due to a fire in 2011 that destroyed court records. Still dissatisfied, the claimants approached the Supreme Court, which took up two key issues: the inordinate and systemic delay in deciding motor accident claims at the High Court level, and the proper monetisation of a homemaker's contribution for the purpose of computing just compensation. The Supreme Court expressed strong concern about chronic delays in such cases across multiple High Courts and emphasised that a homemaker must be recognised as an economic entity and nation builder whose domestic contributions must be properly quantified.
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