JUDGMENT

(Per Hon’ble Sri Justice Joymalya Bagchi)

MACMA No.2764 of 2015 has been preferred by the wife and two children of the deceased and MACMA No.2771 of 2016 has been preferred by the mother of the deceased challenging the compensation granted in the order, dated 25.08.2015, in MVOP No.205 of 2013 on the file of the Chairman, Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal-cum-XV Additional District Judge, Nuzvid, (for short, ‘the Tribunal’) in their favour primarily on the ground that the compensation awarded by the Tribunal is inadequate.

2. Sri Challa Ajay Kumar, learneed counsel appearing for the appellants in MACMA No.2764 of 2015, argues in view of the law declared in National Insurance Company Limited Vs. Pranay Sethi, (2017) 16 SCC 680 the Tribunal ought to have granted future prospects at the rate of 40% of the actual salary of the deceased, who was aged 42 years and employed in Singareni Collaries. He further relying on Somwati and others Vs. New India Assurance Company Limited, (2020) 9 SCC 644 argues that compensation for loss of consortium to the mother and children at the rate