Accident case - Deceased Bachelor - Pundit - High court fixed his income as Rs.12,000/- per month - Personal expenses considered as 50% - future income prospects fixed at 50% - as the age of deceased 30 years ,multiplier fixed at 17 - Apex court fixed compensation at Rs.18,36,000.00 - 2015 S.C.MSKLawreports



They are the parents of late Satendra Kumar Jain, aged 30  years,  who  died
in a motor accident on 12.07.2008. He was self-employed as Pandit. He was  a
bachelor. Hence, the claim by the parents

The appellants claimed an amount of  Rs.95,50,000.00.  The  Claims  Tribunal
awarded a total compensation of Rs.6,59,000.00 including loss of  dependency
to the tune of Rs.6,24,000.00 with interest @ 7.5 per cent from the date  of
institution of the petition.
Dissatisfied, appellants  approached  the  High
Court of Delhi in MAC APP. 687/2011 leading to the  impugned  judgment.  The
High Court enhanced the compensation and fixed it  at  Rs.12,61,800.00  with
interest as ordered by the Claims Tribunal.

The High Court fixed the  monthly  income  to  Rs.12,000.00  and  added  30%
towards future prospects relying  on  Santosh  Devi  v.  National  Insurance
Company Limited[1].
50 per cent was deducted  towards  personal  expenditure and a multiplier of 13 was applied.
Still not satisfied, the  claimants  are before this Court.

As far as future prospects are concerned, in Rajesh  and  others  v.  Rajbir
Singh and others[4], a three-Judge Bench of this Court held that in case  of
self-employed persons also, if the deceased victim is below 40 years,  there
must be addition  of  50%  to  the  actual  income  of  the  deceased  while
computing future prospects.
The multiplier, in the case of the age of the  deceased  between  26  to  30
years is 17. There is no dispute or grievance on fixation of monthly  income
as Rs.12,000.00 by the High Court.



Thus,  the  appellants  are  entitled  to  compensation  of  Rs.18,36,000.00
towards loss of dependency, which is calculated as follows –



|Calculation                                             |Total (in Rs.)   |
|?           Rs.12,000/- (Monthly Income)                |18,000.00        |
|                                                        |                 |
|add  [50% of Rs.12,000/-(Future Prospects)]  =          |                 |
|?           50% of [Rs.18,000/- (Deductions)]        =  |9,000.00         |
|? [Rs.9,000/-] multiply by [12(Annual Income)] =        |1,08,000.00      |
|? [Rs.1,08,000/-] multiply by [17(Multiplier)]    =     |18,36,000.00     |


There shall be no change on the amounts awarded by the High Court  on  other
heads or on rate of interest.

The appeal is allowed as above. There shall be no order as to costs.-2015 S.C.MSKLAWREPORTS

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