Vindictive Damage
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Vindictive damage, damages given on the principle of punishing the defendant, over and above compensating the plaintiff [recognized by Bowen, L.J., in Whitham v. Kershaw, (1886) 16 QBD 613-where, however, these damages were not, and could not have been, given].
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