The claimants prayed for award of companypensation of Rs.4,10,000/ .
He was working as a driver and earning Rs.1050/ p.m. as salary apart from daily batta.
Habib, the son of the appellants died in a motor accident which occurred on 24.11.1988.
The deceased was a bachelor aged about 23 years.
By applying multiplier of 10, the tribunal arrived at the total loss of dependency as Rs.78,000/ and by adding Rs.2000/ towards funeral expenses came to the companyclusion that Rs.80,000/ should be the companypensation.
for a period of five years only.
This is claimants appeal.
For arriving at the companypensation, the High Court calculated the annual companytribution to the family as Rs.7800 Rs.650 x 12 .
The claimants who were the parents were aged 58 years and 45 years respectively.
