1 27 S.B. CIVIL MISC. APPEAL NO.1872/2006. Smt. Jeema & Ors. Vs. Mohan Lal & Ors. Date of Order :: 12th February 2007. HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH MAHESHWARI Mr. R.S. Shekhawat for Mr. P.S. Rathore, for the appellants. ... For awarding compensation to the dependents of the vehicular accident victim Sumer Dan, said to be 30 years in age, the Tribunal has not accepted the assertion of the claimants about his earnings at Rs.200/- per day on construction work for want of any cogent corroborative evidence and has taken his income at Rs.3,000/- per month; and after deducting one-third therefrom and with application of multiplier of 18, has assessed pecuniary loss for the claimant- appellants at Rs.4,32,000/-. The Tribunal has further proceeded to allow Rs.35,000/- towards non-pecuniary loss and Rs.10,000/- towards funeral expenses and in this manner has made the award of compensation in the sum of Rs.4,77,000/- and has further allowed interest @ 9% per annum from the date of filing of the claim application after adjustment of the amount received under No Fault Liability. 2 Learned counsel appearing for the claimant- appellant seeking enhancement over the amount awarded by the Tribunal has strenuously contended that the Tribunal has been in error in putting estimate on the income of the deceased only at Rs.3,000/- per month and in view of the normal wage structure, the Tribunal ought to have considered earnings of the deceased as a skilled Mason in the range of Rs.150/- to Rs.200/- per day. The submissions are not well founded for the claimants having not produced any cogent corroborative evidence in support of the submissions regarding earnings by the deceased at about Rs.150/- to Rs.200/- per day that is amounting to about Rs.4,500/- to Rs.6,000/- per month; and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal cannot be said to have been erred in putting estimate on the income of the deceased at Rs.3,000/- per month. The Tribunal has proceeded to apply maximum side multiplier of 18 to assess pecuniary loss at Rs.4,32,000/- and then has proceeded to allow rather higher amount of Rs.35,000/- towards non-pecuniary loss; and has proceeded to allow further an amount of Rs.10,000/- towards funeral expenses. The Tribunal has not restricted even on the rate of interest and has allowed the same at 9% per annum from the date of filing of the claim application. 3 In the ultimate analysis, the award so made by the Tribunal cannot be said to be low or inadequate so as to warrant interference in appeal at the instance of the appellants and there appears no scope for enhancement. The appeal fails and is, therefore, dismissed summarily. (DINESH MAHESHWARI), J. //Mohan//