The Supreme Court of India has decided that the domestic services provided by homemakers must be valued at a minimum of ₹30,000 per month when calculating compensation after fatal road accidents.

印度最高法院決定，在計算致命交通事故的賠償金時，家庭主婦提供的家政服務每月價值必須至少為 30,000 盧比。

The court, led by Justices Sanjay Karol and N Kotiswar Singh, changed the previous practice of comparing a homemaker's income to the wages of unskilled workers. The judges emphasized that such old standards did not show the real economic value of domestic labor. Consequently, the loss of domestic care is now recognized as a separate type of damage that must be paid. This amount will increase by 10 percent every three years. Furthermore, if the deceased person also had a professional job, this domestic care payment will be added to their professional income.

由法官 Sanjay Karol 與 N Kotiswar Singh 領導的法院，改變了先前將家庭主婦收入與非技術工人薪資進行比較的做法。法官強調，此類舊標準未能反映家政勞務的真實經濟價值。因此，失去家庭照顧現在被認定為一種獨立的損害類型，必須予以賠償。該金額每三年將增加 10%。此外，若死者亦擁有專業工作，此項家庭照顧賠償將累加至其專業收入之中。

This decision follows earlier cases that warned against treating unpaid housework as if it had no value. The Court described homemakers as 'nation builders' because their work allows other people in society to succeed professionally.

此決定承接了先前警告不可將無償家務視為毫無價值的案例。法院將家庭主婦形容為「國家建設者」，因為她們的工作讓社會上其他的人能夠在專業領域取得成功。

Additionally, the Court addressed the slow speed of the legal system. After mentioning a case in Punjab that lasted over twenty years, the bench asserted that such delays defeat the purpose of the Motor Vehicles Act. Therefore, the Court recommended that claims should be resolved within one year and asked High Court Chief Justices to ensure cases are handled more quickly using simplified legal procedures.

此外，法院也針對法律體系速度緩慢的問題進行處理。在提到一起於旁遮普邦持續超過二十年的案例後，法官陣容斷言，此類延遲使《汽車車輛法》失去了目的。因此，法院建議索賠應在一年內解決，並要求高等法院首席大法官確保透過簡化法律程序以更快速度處理案件。

This ruling ensures higher financial support for the families of deceased homemakers and demands a faster judicial process for accident claims.

此裁決確保了已故家庭主婦的家屬能獲得更高的財務支持，並要求加快交通事故索賠的司法程序。