Sakinder Kaur And Another vs Karnail Singh And Another

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2019 Supreme(P&H) 2349

SURINDER GUPTA
Sakinder Kaur And Another – Appellant
Versus
Karnail Singh And Another – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
Mr. Rajnikant Upadhyay for Ms. Riya Bansal, Advocates, for the Appellant; Mr. M.B. Jain, Advocate, for the Respondent

JUDGMENT

Surinder Gupta, J. - Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Ludhiana (hereinafter referred to as 'the tribunal') vide award dated 23.11.2015 allowed compensation of Rs. 5,19,200/-for death of Gurvir Singh, son of appellants, in a motor vehicle accident with Car bearing registration No. PB-10DU-6369.

2. As the only issue involved in this appeal relates to quantum of compensation as awarded by tribunal, detailed facts of the case are being skipped for the sake of brevity.

3. The compensation awarded by the tribunal was computed as follows:-

(i)	Name of the deceased	Gurvir Singh
(ii)	Age of the deceased	17 years
(iii)	Income of the deceased	Rs. 3900/- p.m.
(iv)	Deduction towards personal expenses %rd	Rs. 3900 – 1300 = Rs. 2600 p.m. i.e. Rs. 31200 p.a.
(v)	Multiplier applied 16	Rs. 31200 x 16 = Rs. 499200/-
(vi)	Funeral expenses and loss of estate	Rs. 20000/-
	Total	Rs. 5,19,200/-

4. Learned counsel for the appellants has argued that deceased was a young boy, who was working as Carpenter and was earning more

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2019 Supreme(P&H) 2349

SURINDER GUPTASakinder Kaur And Another – AppellantVersusKarnail Singh And Another – Respondent

Cases Referred (1)

SURINDER GUPTA
Sakinder Kaur And Another – Appellant
Versus
Karnail Singh And Another – Respondent