In simple personal injury cases, the compensation will be awarded only for expenses relating to treatment, loss of earnings, and damages for pain and suffering.
They are termed Special Damages (Pecuniary Damages) and General Damages (non-pecuniary Damages), as follows:
Special Damages (Pecuniary Damages)
- Expenses for hospitalisation, treatment, medicine, nourishment, food and such others
- Loss of earning which the injured would have made had he not been injured
- During treatment period
- Loss of future earning
- Future medical expenses
General Damages (Non-Pecuniary Damages)
- Damages for pain suffering trauma
- Loss of amenities – loss of prospects of marriage
- Loss of expectation of life – shortening of longevity
Reference
- Rajkumar v Ajay Kumar [(2011)1 SCC 343]
