The Court

1. This appeal is directed against the judgment dated 18.11.1997 passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court in Misc. Appeal No. 203 of 1996(R), whereby the learned Single Judge while upholding the Award of the Tribunal practically on all the points, modified the same only to the extent that he determined the monthly income of the deceased at Rs. 3000/- and after adjusting 1/3rd of this income for the personal expence of the deceased, applied multiplier of 16 and assessed the compensation amount at Rs. 3,84,000/- and by adjusting Rs. 15,000/- already received by the claimant, as interim compensation, directed that the insurance Companies shall pay the amount of Rs. 3,69,000/- with interest @ 18% per annum from the date of filing of the claim application till the entire amount is realised by the appellants/claimants from the two Insurance Companies.

2. We have heard the learned counsel for the parties.

3. Mr. Tapen Sen, learned counsel for the appellants, has very vehemently argued that the learned Single Judge erred in determining the monthly income of the deceased at Rs. 3,000/-, because the Tribunal had assessed the same @Rs. 5000/- per month. He also submitted t