l3GH.CQURT_ SUNIL £i Af-. '^rf3"1l'S asplii /^S^:,—^—-tA-. ^/Efsunanis Savitri Mishra, Vrf/o Rakesh Kumar s.a'.^t^-,— EVEiSsiHes, f-^^_, (A (SUUUl <in ,.^..>.-.-. "•U Vtectls, OccuDation - House wife 2 Rakesh Kumar hflishra. S/o Jawahar Mishra, aged about 42 years iviroiiia, aMC^ fflyyus Ku. Priti iVJi RaKesh 4 yesrs Kumar 4 Ku Ritu Mishra, d?o Rakesh Kumar iVhSnrS, 8Q^Q 8DGuf i^ y$Sf3 5. Asu, d/o Rakesh Kumar Mtshr; lOyears d abouf lOvear Durgesh Kumar Mlshra S./o Rakesh ^/l tWt^.y &^SS^.E<^»-«^ .^-^iA/j •^^./s,a4' S 't"^"»'-n. fxUtiicti iVii'ouia, Qycu GU^UI u ysi'firs 3.3, 4, 5 ifl>.-'~*'<-tS^' ;d 6 aie -I>. representea nere&y tegai guarGtar mother, Sayitri Bai Non-sppiicanl Ali ^, •sawarkar HiraDur Ta.hsi! S Di'stt Rai'pur (CG) sntosh Kumar IVliri, S/o Bhanjan Ram, A/i)/^/^ ^>ii«>/*a]^ •^Q u-'^.^r^. / i^»*^iii^i-^4-t/\>-» rtys?M syvui. ^.0 yasffiie, ^/L^/upffiii^u — Driver. R/o ChuchuhaiDara, Bili /r'r~t\ i^o? M/s Sun&right Marketing Pvt Ltd., Throuyh Manaying Director II 9, Civ;! Line. Raiour (CG) The United India !nsurance Co Ltd., 1 HiOU0n . UIVISfOusl EviSuSQSit Divisionai Office - Kachahari Chowk, I^U @/-,^^ £5^?^....///-^/n>\ ^ciii r^uciu; r\ct}|Jui ^^\j^ / 'efnw Act. Present : Shri AL Singraul, counsei for the appeilants. Shri Dasarath Prajapati, counsel for respondent No.1. Shri HB Agrawa!, Senior Counsel with Shri PanKai •w Aarawal, counse! for resoondent 3t :f^\ .S-l! L i«3~—-5—'--"/ T'ne followina order of the Court was bv This is claimants' appeal for enhancement of ths compensation awarded by the First Additiona.l Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Raipur (for short 'the Tribunai') vide award dated 11.07.2003, passed in Ciaim Case No.161/2002. 2) As against the compensation of Rs.18,45,000/- ciaimed by the claimants, unfortunate parents, brother and sisters of deceased Vijay Prakash Mishra by filing a claim petition under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, for his death in the motor accident on 21.02.2002, the Tribunal awarded a totsl sum of Rs.5,02,040/- as compensation' alona with interest Q> 6% oer annum trom tne dste of the filing of the clalm petition tiil the date of actuai payment. 3) Shri AL Sifigraul, learned counsel for the appeliants vehementlv araued that the Tribunal has erred in awardina low compensation of Rs.5,02.040./- only. 4) Shri HB Agrawai, learned Senlor Counsel with Shri PanKaj Agrawal, learned counsel for respondent No.3 the United !ndia insurance ComDanv Limlted on the other hand submltted that ths ribunal has erred in awarding excessive compensation of >,uz,', 5) Shri Dasarath Prajapati, learned counse! for respondent No.1 supported the award. :i ja The claimants themselves pleaded that deceased Vijay Prakash Mishra used to earn Rs.6,250/- per month. The c'.almants, •hp iiieieiui cannot have anv leQitimate arievance about the assessment of income of the deceased b.y t'ne Tribuna! at Rs.6,250/- per montn. 7) Th^ Trlhiin^l ha<s he&n niilt^ llh^ral in d^diictlnn Qnlv 1/3 of »j».,~~.. .«.«, >.. ^,»,», .—..^ ^. ..^ .*— ^. the income of the deceased towards his personal expenses though the deduction in that behalf could have to the extent of 50% of the income of the deceased in view of the recent dictum of the in the a R5S<Ehi^iai Dssiicei (d Vs Iher reported in 2 €^^:vsv^ ^i^vi^is i 8) The muitipiier of 1 O selected by the Tribunal cannot te found fault with in view of the dictum of the Aoex Court in the case of nunii Corporatlon of Greater Vs Syer and reported lnj2003) 8 SCC-731, whereln it was helcf that in those cases where the claimants ars parents or the deceased, the muitiplier shouid never exceed 1 0. )) For the foregoing reasons, we do not find any scope for enhancement of the compensation awarded by ?he Tribuna! either on account of the assessment of the income of the deceased. or the claimants' depenciencv bv the Tribunal, or tf •fi'fe' U.IE'11' ' )3ClfTi3 'iecte 10) The appeal ftled by the appeliants/claimants for inhancement of the comDensation. therefore, is iiable to be dismissec! and is herebv djsmissed. 11 No order as to costs. Sd/- Chief Jiistice Sunil Kumar Sinha Judge SWK i^ ••" •;'r:'"