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MEENAKSHI MADAN RAI
Branch Manager, National Insurance Company Limited – Appellant
Versus
Laxmi Prasad Chettri – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Meenakshi Madan Rai, J. - The Issues raised in the instant Appeal pertain to the deduction of one-third of the income of the deceased, a thirty one year old bachelor, in consideration of the expenses which he would have incurred towards maintaining himself had he been alive, when the deduction instead, it is asserted, ought to have been 50%. That, considering the age of the deceased, the Multiplier of “16” ought to have been adopted by the Learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, South Sikkim at Namchi, instead of “17” for the purpose of calculating the Loss of Earning of the deceased, in terms of the ratio of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Sarla Verma (Smt) and Others vs. Delhi Transport Corporation and Another (2009) 6 SCC 121. Litigation Costs of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees twenty five thousand) only, as also compensation towards Loss of Love and Affection of Rs.50,000/- (Rupees fifty thousand) only, each, granted to the Respondents No.1, 2 and 3/Claimants, were also assailed.
2.(i) The arguments put forth by Learned Counsel for the Appellant/National Insurance Company Limited was that the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the ratio of Sarla Verma supra had held that if the deceased was a ba
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