1987 Supreme(Raj) 961
I.S.ISRANI
Sulochana – Appellant
Versus
Rajasthan State Road Trans. Corpn. – Respondent
JUDGMENT
1. This Civil Misc. Appeal has been filed under section 110-D of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 (hereinafter referred to as the Act') against the award dated June 15, 1983 passed by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Jaipur in MACT Case No. 142 of 1983.
2. It will suffice for the purposes of this appeal to state that deceased Suresh Kumar, aged 26 years was fatally injured in an accident caused by bus No. RRB 2869 on account of rash and negligent driving of respondent No. 2. The bus hit the deceased on the wrong side of the road, who died on the spot. The claimant-appellants filed a claim petition before the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Jaipur on March 13, 1983 claiming a sum of Rs. 2,97,000/- along with interest as compensation. Learned Tribunal after recording the evidence and hearing the parties, passed an award of Rs. 1,35,600/- in favour of the claimant-appellants.
3. The contention of Mr. G.C. Mathur, learned counsel for the appellants, is that even if the monthly income, which was assessed by the Tribunal at Rs. 1,000/- is accepted, the Tribunal has erred in deducting Rs. 400/- on account of personal expenses of the deceased and has also wrongly applied the multip
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