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2022 Supreme(SC) 1779

A. S. BOPANNA, PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA
Mona Baghel – Appellant
Versus
Sajjan Singh Yadav – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
Mr. Shishir Kumar Saxena, Advocate, Mr. R.N. Pareek, Advocate, Mr. Brijendra Singh, Advocate, Ms. Manju Jetley, Advocate, for the Appellant; Mr. Pradeep Gaur, Advocate, Mr. Amit Gaur, Advocate, Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, Advocate, for the Respondent.

ORDER

1. Leave granted.

2. The Appellants are before this Court assailing the Judgment dated 20.02.2018, passed by the High Court of Madhya Pradesh in Misc. Appeal No. 938/2010. The said appeal before the High Court was filed by the claimants in Motor Vehicles Claim Case No. 176/2009 seeking enhancement of the compensation as against the amount awarded by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (MACT 'for short'). The Tribunal, on assessing the evidence available before it, had awarded a sum of Rs.4,99,000/- (Rupees Four Lacs Ninety Nine Thousand) with 6% interest on the said amount.

In the appeal filed by the claimants, the High Court, hiving considered the matter in detail has concluded as here under:

    ' Having accepted monthly income of the deceased to be Rs.8,000/- which has been proved through Income Tax returns, the admissible income of the deceased would have been Rs.6,000/- per month after 1/4th deduction for personal expenses and the annual income of the deceased would come to Rs.72,000/-. When multiplier of 17 is applied then the total income comes to Rs. 12,24,000/-. On this amount, a sum of Rs. 70,000/- will be added on various heads as has been granted by the Supreme Court in t

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