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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.