The court stated that punitive damages cannot be used as a civil substitute for criminal justice. Instead, the court ruled that punitive or exemplary damages could be awarded in limited circumstances. This includes "wrongful conduct by the defendant calculated for himself that may well exceed the compensation payable to the claimant." Even in such cases, it was decided that punitive damages should be awarded only if actual damages were insufficient to compensate a plaintiff. As a result, the court awarded the plaintiff INR 5 lakhs (US $6,500) in additional punitive damages.Time Inc. opened the floodgates for a stream of similar decisions with awards of monetary damages..