THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.V.SEETHAPATHY MOTOR ACCIDENTS CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS APPEAL No.80 OF 2011 JUDGMENT: This appeal is directed against the order, dated 02-11-2010, in O.P.No.578 of 2009 on the file of the learned Chairman, Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum- District Judge, Nalgonda, wherein the said application filed by the respondents 1 to 4 herein for compensation, was allowed in part awarding Rs.3,84,000/-. 2. Heard both sides. Perused the record. 3. 1st respondent herein is the mother; respondents 2 and 4 are the brothers and 3rd respondent is the sister of the deceased-Yahiya, who was admittedly unmarried. The only contention raised in this appeal is that the Tribunal instead of deducting ½ of the income towards personal expenses, deducted 1/3rd of the income though the deceased was unmarried. 4. As per the recent decision of the apex Court in SARALA VERMA v. DELHI TRANSPORT CORPORATION[1], in case of unmarried person the deduction towards personal expenses to be made is ½. There is no dispute regarding the income; age or the multiplier adopted by the Tribunal. The deceased was aged 46 years and the suitable multiplier as per Sarala Verma’s case ( 1st cited supra) is ‘13’. The Tribunal has taken Rs.3500/- per month as the income of the deceased and the same is not disputed. The annual income therefore comes to Rs.42,000/- and deducting ½ of the same towards personal expenses the contribution of the deceased to the family comes to Rs.21,000/- per annum and applying the multiplier ‘13’ the loss of dependency works out to Rs.2,73,000/. The claimants are entitled for Rs.2500/- towards loss of estate and Rs.2000/- towards funeral expenses and the total compensation payable to the claimants works out to Rs.2,77,500/- with interest @ 6% p.a. from the date of the petition. The impugned order is modified accordingly. 5. In the result, appeal is allowed to the extent stated above. _______________________ G.V.SEETHAPATHY, J 02nd August, 2011 Tsy [1] 2009 ACJ 1298