Chandigarh, Dec. 24 -- A local court has awarded Rs.1 lakh compensation and ordered a couple from Nirvana Society in Sector 49 to cover the Rs.30,000 medical expenses of another resident of their society who was bitten by their pet dogs in 2020. They were held liable for negligence and violation of municipal bye-laws governing pet dogs.

Civil judge (Junior Division) Ambika Sharma partly decreed a civil suit filed by Dr Bhumika Gupta, of Sector 49-B, and directed Divya Setia and her husband Manpal Setia to pay Rs.30,000 towards medical expenses along with interest, and Rs.1 lakh as compensation for physical, mental and social suffering.

The incident happened on January 18, 2020, when Gupta went to the terrace of her housing society to co...