IN THB HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGAmtAT BII-ASPUR M.jfi^O. ^<^ /2001 APP&LLAJTT C^MANT REBPONDENT ^ 5mt. Ganeshiya Bai, W/d. Late Kriparam, A^d about 43 years, R/o. Village Garka, TahsU Keshkal, District Bastar(CG) w^sus 1] ^Sukhram S/o. Dashru Ram Netajm, about 30 years, R/o. Village Jugani Kalar, Tahsil Kondagaon, District Bastar (CG) Shiv Prasad Netain,j S/o. Dashru Ram Netam, Aged aboujt 36 yeors, R/o. Village Jugani Kalar^ T^hsil Koiidagaon, Digtrict Bastar (CG) Branch Manager, | The New ladia Insurance Company J Limited. ChitrakDt Road,JagdaIpur,DistrietBastar(CG) APPEAL UNDER SECTION 173 OF MOTOR VEHICLE ACT •I : M •rMr ILI. m t^ S.B: ^Qii'lfleSlinPrasUan^^Kimiar^]^^ APPELLANT -RESPONDE^TS^ M.A.N^INo.386^007 : Smt Ga] ^^ Versus : Sul^ ^A@Ei^an^^t'';;:ll^;!Y:^,l'^''::<^ Sfan| ^^aimype,^imselfi)^1^ ShiiP.Du^cQimsetfbrres^ndentNo.3. .APpi^'l^ERls^ )^R^^^|R':.'^:-':rllt':{:ll;.^^ •:'(tW^10);::^[;:.^':-!/^ 'Tlus appeal isbytheclaimanll^^ of^ compensation. 'Ilie^l^ JE^.l,30,000^ aS^s^^ awarided a siun of ppeQa.at. (2)^^^ T^ bcy of 17 years, is befere this eourt. The (^^ schpol along v^ his fiiends^on a^^^N 18/1112005,-whenthe ofiendmg vehtele dashed a^ h^andotherparfe^l^ (3) T^eappeUant^^^ was a sljud|ttt ^ family. Her h^ ,compensa||n|l||^tl,92||^ ^?^':.;:^^:%^^ (4) Since, ^1^ceased was|^^ ;^^'^^l';^.;^.':::^^"l^l:'H^^ income, the leamed ^s^s t^w^^^^ male memberinfthe ctass I^an^^^& ribticmatineome at ^e ^Mi ^2.- Rs.l5,000/-peryear.Afterd^ucting50%of{theamountwhiclithe deceased would have spent on Nmsel^ aimual dependency h^ assessed at Rs. 7SOO/-. The tribunal has applied multiplier of 16 and thus a sum^^^^^^o^^^^^ I •'' • ! . '.••^' I:': -:... (lependency incc^e . Inaddition, Rs.IO,000/-jhas been aw^ mentalagony, painandsufifermgsandfarierale5qpenses. .1. (5) Leamed counsel for the appeUant has sul?mitted tiiat looking to the exorbitaiit mcrease in the price index, the notional income should have been taken at Rs36,000^ and that instejad ofdeducting 50% towards personal expense bfthe deceased, onl:y 1/3 amount should have been deduGted keepngX vlew the f^ widowafld^aslQstheroiilySQH^^ Reliance is placed on Smt Sa^r BaiNirmalkar andothei«Vs.Jaaiak^^ ofliers,(2009)3C.G.L.J5l (6) - Per contm leamed counsel fbr the insurance company has ii. argued that deduction of 50% towards persional expenses of the deceased is just and proper and tiiat notional income has rightiy been takenatRs.l5,000/-peryear. j (7) In Smt Sagar Bai Nirmalkar and others Vs. Janak Lal Pandey and pthers (supm) a Division Bench of fhis cQurt has held i^v^mpa3^ap^l3o£^eTepQvt: •\.'':^1'1. .l..;:l;.'.'^ •'-. ::^il.\.1 •.-:'-.1-. "The noticmial income of Rs. 15,000/- was prescribed m fhe SeGond Sche^^imcler Section 163-A ofthe Act m 1994. IfthemcNase mthepriGesoftheessehtialcomm^ 'l^ 3- ^: 1 1 and the cost of Uymg between theyear 1994 and Ifae year 20Q5, theyearofaccidentmthepi^se^ thenotionalincome()fRs.l5,000/-presc^ would Gertainly come to Rs.36,000/- m •ttie year 2005. We, therefore, proposeto re-Gompute the compensat^ m^ atJ?.s.36,000/-per annum." (8) In the m^ ..i CompaiiyIJd.&Ahr2008^RSGW5040,theHori'ble^^^^^ CourthasheMthatwhenthe^lmmants^^^^ ?•t'." • -' •' was a bachelor of 20 years pf age only l/3rd should be deduGtesd towards the personal expenses of^^^^^t^ i preseMeasetheclamiantisonlythemc^er^^^^ member mlliefemily.^^^^ (9)^^ ^ Transport Cwiwration and^^^^^^^ Hon'ble Supreme Court, after teferring to its earlier decisions in .'•\. .'..: ^ '• '" '^ V:, • •.. .; • •1: '..•'•.'. • •1;.. SusammaThoms, 1994 AIRSCW 1356, iUPSR'TCys.Traok Ghandra (1996) 4 SGC 362 aml Fakeerappa^^^^^ !;, ..^ -,...' ^ • /• CeineiitPipeFacfwy(2004)2SCC473^^^^^ '" ' :• '.' '; ''•..'•'1 .."111' ••: '1 :•" " • .;'••.. ^"-. .. ' .;.'.'"•' •'.•" .' •'.1 '. •" .!' paragraphl5of1}iefeport: ' j ''Wherethedeceas^dv^sabacheloraiuitheclaimants^^a^ pai^s,thedeductiorifollowsadt^rentprmciple.l^ bachel6rs,^rionnally, 50% is deducte<i jas^^ e^ense^, becauseitis assumed^^^^^ |spend mo^ on^h 1 possibuityo^sgettmgmarried^m ^ :i ' . ;'i ^:: •jl 111 s?,, lli ;1 ^•^•'s^Si^iii^^iiii^t^ 'l;'''iS^^f^t:^'j%iFi%^i|iiI ^- >:.^'^.^^. '-^ ^.^: thecontribu^wto^Kegpa^ dra^ally. Furfli^l^ubyect to eyidence ta the contrary, 1lie father is likely t^^a^ h^^ considered as a ^epetKlant Nid^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Gonsidered as a^epen^ent. In^^l^ conl^iry, brotfaters aiK^ dependetits, because ^iey^^^ ^ earmng, ormajried, brbe the deceased is Survived by parents and ^ onlyj the mothervwuld^c(msidere(t1:pbeadepe^ betrcated^1faepersonalandlivmgexp>ensesofte and 50% as the contnbution ^ family ofthe bacfaelbr is large and dependant on Ifae mco^ thedeceased,asinacasewhereheMsj^^N^ large tiuaiber^^unger^^ personaI^ridHviiige^etiseStlm^ contribution to the faimly witl^tato As two^ (10) Orithe strengtli^^^laid downbythis court^^m Bai Nirmalkar and bthers Vs. Janak Lal Pandey aiut others (supra)andthelawN^downl^fheHo^ Sarla Verma and ottiers Vs. DeUii Transport Gorporation and aiiother(supra)thiscG^WQuldhoId1}iatthe !; deceased shoidd Jbe 1aken^^ ^ deducting 50% towards his ovm e^ense,^^ 7 •/:•• .. ^ , ' .-.;.,'/,' ••.•'•-.•^ -.;••.;. :... come toRs^^QOQ/-. .vl-::'.'^;l.:;'.;-.,~ (11) Asth^laimantis tfae mol^ ;\ V. l^ i1 ^. of 10. The loiis bf dependen^ meo^ wc>uld thu^ come to 18,000 xlO=Rs.l,8Q,OOQ/-.ThecNmstriNnalhasawardeda^^l^ .^. :tii ^- <@ sum amount of Rs.10,000/- towards mentajl agony, pam and sufifeirings and fimeral expenses. However, Noking to the faGt that the claimant/appellant, a widow mother of the young boy, has lost her husband 17 years back and tilat the boywas tfae only ray ofliope in herUfe,thiscourtwouldassesstlleamountofcompensationtowards mental agony, and love and afifection at Rs.30,000/-. For funeral expenses sum of Rs.5000/- would be admissiNe. Thus, totat amount 6f compensation for which the claimanl^appellarit WG»uM is assessed at Rs. 1,80,000/- + Rs.30,000/- + Rs.5000/-==Rs.2,15,000/-. The claims tribunal has awarded interest @/12%. No inte^rferenGe is called for in the amount ofinterest awaTded. (12) Thus,theappealispartlyallow^ (13) The appellant shalL be entitled to an additional sum of Rs.85,000/- along'with the Nte of interest as awarded by the claims tribunal. SdA Prashant Klimar Mishra Judge '\: