HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR M.A. No. 557 of 2005 AppeUants 1. Smt Shanti Bai, Aged about 39 years, Widow of SIui Rain Siware. 2. Ku. Geeta Bai, Aged about 15 yeare, D/'o Late Shri Ram. Siware. 3. TUak Ram, Aged about 13 years, S/o Shri Ram Siware. 4. Ku. Kalyaai Bai, Aged about 7 years, D/o Late Shri Rsiin Siware. 5. Naresh Kuinar S/o Late Shri Ram Siware, Aged about 4 years. AppeUant No. 2 to 5 are uunor fhrough guardian inother Appellant No. 1, AU. are resident ofVUlage Tada, PostAkoU, P.S. Dharsiwa, Distt.- Raipur(C.G,j. Versus 1. Sint. Rajiadar Kaur W/o Manindar Singh, R/o Near Bhawarkunwa Chauraha, Ashok Nagar, Indore (M.P.$. 2. Satyanarayan Pal, Tnick Driver, R/o Gaur Siinrom., Tahsil Mahu, Distt.- Indore (M.P,). 3. The Oriental Insurance Compaay Lunited, fhrough Divisional Maaager, Division OfBce-Kachahari Chowk, Jail Road, Raipur (C.G.). DB: HonTsle Shri Justice S, R. Nayak, C.J. & Honlole Shri Justice Satish K. Agiiihotri, J. Mr. S. C. Venna, Advocate for fhe appellauts. Mr. Vhiay Harit, Senior Advocate wifh Shri Narayan Shrivastava, 8;.dvocate for fhe Respondent No.3, ORAL ORDER ( 2nd December 2005) TUe followiag order offhe Courtwas passed by S. R. Nayak, C.J. This is a deafh case. The only contention ofleanied counsel for the appeUant is that haviag regard to the age of the deceased as on fhe date of accideiit, fhe M.A.C.T. ought to have appUed inultipUer 16, but, it has wrougly applied inultiplier 15. The deceased as ou fhe date of accident was 39 years of age, therefore, as per the Second Scliedule appropriate mililtiplier to be applied for assessing loss of dependency is 16. If we apply inidtipUer 16 loss of depeudeacy comes to Rs. 3,20,000/-. In fhat view of the inatter we award a sum of Rs. 3,20,000 under fhe head loss of dependency' in place of Rs. 3,00,000/- awai-ded by the M.A.C.T. The award shaU stand niodi&ed accoriuigly. In all other respects, fhc impugned award shall reinain unaltered. The parties shall bear their respective costs iii fhis appeal. ___^ ^^ Chirf^ustice satish K- Agnihotri .::.:<u