Mental suffering
Mental suffering legal meaning, translation and judicial precedents.
Meaning & Judicial Interpretation: (اردو مفہوم اور قانونی تشریح)
Plaintiff was a non-technical man and levelled allegations against defendant without adducing any evidence of technical person
Covenants of contract of internet connection obtained by plaintiff was not available on record to show as to what part and clause of contract had been violated by defendant
Both the Courts below correctly observed that damages suffered and quantity of amount claimed under each head could have to be proved by cogent evidence and mere assertion of inflated amount without any corroborative evidence would be of no avail to plaintiff
Damages for mental suffering, mental and physical shock, inconvenience, hardship, discomfort, disappointment, frustration and mental stress in life, attributable to medical treatment for injury and amount of compensation, varied with intensity of pain and suffering of plaintiff
Mental suffering and psychiatric injury would follow from foreseeable physical injury, could be compensated under the head "pain and suffering" or mental suffering which amounted to recognizable psychiatric illness which required evidence and the same was lacking
No jurisdictional error was noticed and decision of Lower Appellate Court was not so perverse that grave injustice had resulted therefrom
High Court, in exercise of revisional jurisdiction declined to interfere in concurrent judgments and decrees passed by two Courts below
Revision was dismissed in circumstances.
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Precedents & Case Laws citing "Mental suffering"
2014 C L C 5
ABDUL LATIF SHAIKH, ADVOCATE — Applicant Versus Messrs WORLD CALL TELECOM LIMITED through Executive Managing Director — Respondent
Court: Sindh2024 C L D 1536
CITIBANK N.A. — Appellant Versus MUHAMMAD TASLEEM and others — Respondents
Court: SindhP L D 1952 Lahore 31
Mst. ALLAH JAWAI‑Plaintiff‑Petitioner Versus FARID‑Defendant‑Respondent
Court: High CourtP
INTIZAM HUSSAIN‑Petitioner Versus CROWN‑Respondent
Court:2026 C L C 612
RIZWAN ALI KHAN — Appellant Versus AKZO NOBEL PAKISTAN LTD through Chief Executive/Director and 5 others — Respondents
Court: Peshawar (Abbottabad Bench)P L D 1978 Peshawar 10
Appellants Versus MUHAMMAD NAWAZ KHAN‑Respondent
Court: ‑‑ Damages‑Compensation‑Plaintiff, a Medical Officer, fired at by constabulary people unnecessarily and all details of injuries and their after effects supported by very reliable oral and documentary evidence‑Defendants agreeing to payment of compensation of Rs. one lac and producing no evidence in rebuttal‑Damage caused to plaintiff so serious as not capable of being measured and compensated precisely in terms of money‑Criterion to assess damages in case of personal injuries t Victim entitled to recover pecuniary losses caused‑Victim in case of physical pains and mental tortures, Le., non‑pecuniary losses, entitled to recover compensation and not restitution.‑Damages‑Compensation2016 G B L R 166
ZUBAIR AHMED — Petitioner Versus The STATE — Respondent
Court: Supreme Appellate Court1977 S C M R 471
MUHAMMAD HANIF‑Appellant Versus ABDUR RAHMAN AND OTHERS‑‑Respondents
Court: ‑‑ Ss. 544‑A & 545(i)(b)‑Compensation‑Provision of S. 544‑A‑ Mandatory‑Court bound to award compensation unless for reasons to be recorded it considers otherwise‑Lower Court while imposing fine omitting to consider provision of S. 544‑A and thereby failing to discharge its statutory duty fine could be directed to be paid to any person as compensation under S. 545(i)(b)‑Regard being had to injuries suffered by appellant resulting in loss of his faculties of sight and speech, Re. 10,000 out of fine of Rs. 13,000 ordered to be paid to appellant, if recovered.‑Compensation.2019 P L C (C
ALLAH DINO KHASKHELI Versus ZAKIR MEHMOOD and 3 others
Court: Sindh High Court1984 C L C 2705
AVA A. COWASJEE and 8 others‑‑Plaintiffs Versus NASREE, NI SHAH and 4 others‑‑Defendants
Court: Karachi