'Law must value life and limb on a generous scale'
``In a free country like ours, the law must value life and limb on a generous scale,'' and awards should not be 'niggardly', SC said while raising the damages from Rs 52,000 to Rs 2 lakh in the case of a 37-year-old painter from Bangalore who suffered 20% disability including deformity to his right hand in an accident.
Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said Thursday that the rule of law was essential for the survival of the government, assemblies and democracy.