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SECTION I
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1.What is meant by an exemplary damages?[2]
Answer
Exemplary damages, also called punitive or vindictive damages, are damages awarded over and above the plaintiff's actual loss. Their aim is to punish the defendant for outrageous conduct and to deter him and others from repeating it. Ordinary damages only compensate the plaintiff.
In Rookes v Barnard [1964] AC 1129 the House of Lords allowed them in only three kinds of case. These are oppressive, arbitrary or unconstitutional action by government servants, conduct calculated to make a profit greater than the compensation payable, and cases where a statute authorises them. In India, in Bhim Singh v State of Jammu and Kashmir (1985) 4 SCC 677, the Supreme Court awarded Rs. 50,000 as exemplary costs to an MLA illegally detained to keep him from the Assembly.
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