Should A ‘Welfare’ State Compensate Family Of A Doctor Shot Dead By Punjab Home Guard Constable, Even If It Has No Vicarious Liability: SC Notice To Punjab Govt [Read Order]

While considering a special leave petition filed by a widow of a doctor who was shot dead by Punjab Home Guard Constable, the Supreme Court bench of Justice AK Goel and Justice RF Nariman has issued notice to the state only to consider whether irrespective of fact that state may have no vicarious liability in the present situation, whether the state can, as a welfare state, offer some amount...