vs. Pranay Sethi and others cited supra , has permitted to award Rs.40,000/towards spousal consortium. Subsequently Honourable Supreme Court in Magma General Insurance Company Ltd, Vs. Nanu Ram alias Chuhru Ram and others reported in (2018) 18 SCC 130 , has held that the right to consortium would include the company, care, help, comfort, love and affection, guidance, solace, etc., which is a loss to his family. Honourable Supreme Court interpreted consortium to be a compendious term, which encompasses (i) spousal consortium, to be awarded to the surviving spouse, (ii) parental consortium to be awarded to the children upon the premature death of their parents and (iii) filial consortium to be awarded to the parents for the loss of their children. Recently, Honourable Apex Court in the New India Assurance Company Ltd. Vs. Smt.Somwati and others reported in (2020) 9 SCC 644 , has reiterated the above position and further held that the amount to be awarded for loss of consortium will be as per the amount fixed in Pranay Sethi's case . But, at the same time, they have specifically observed that no amount should be awarded under separate head of loss of consortium.
