Solatium
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Solatium, Solatium as the word goes, is 'money comfort', quantified by the statute, and given as a conciliatory measure for the compulsory acquisition of the land of the citizen, by a welfare State such as ours, Narain Das Jain v. Agra Nagar Mahapalika, (1991) 4 SCC 212 (215).
Compensation esp., damages allowed for hurt feelings or grief, as distinguished from damages for physical injury, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1397.
Compensation esp., damages allowed for hurt feelings or grief, as distinguished from damages for physical injury, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1397.
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