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Student SubmissionVol. 1 · Issue 1 · 2025 · pp. 58–79

Municipal Liability for Infrastructure Failure

Tanvi Deshpande

National Law University

Abstract

A student submission mapping the tort and constitutional routes to municipal liability, with an empirical account of compensation actually recovered.

Two doctrinal routes exist; neither reliably produces payment.

The empirical section tracks fifty awards through to satisfaction.

The submission proposes a statutory compensation fund modelled on motor accident claims.

TortLocal governmentRemedies