800/ per month, the amount that he would have sent to his parents, having regard to the fact that he would have been married and would have a family, companyld reasonably be estimated as Rs.
The parents of Gurdeep Singh filed a Claim Petition.
24,000/ .
His fiancee also filed a claim petition but did number pursue it.
This it fixed at Rs.
Both the Tribunal as well as the High Court found that the driver of the PWD truck was negligent, that Gurdeep Singh was earning 18.13.8 per week, that he was 25 years of age and that the span of life of his parents would be 60 to 65 years that companypensation to be awarded should be calculated on the basis of 20 years capitalisation of the amounts which he would be sending to his parents.
While the Tribunal thought, though the evidence showed that the deceased was sending Rs.
400/ per month.
The High Court calculated the companypensation that one third of his earnings per month, which was Rs.
It is number denied that Gurdeep Singh was working in England and was earning 18 13 8 per week.
He came home to get married and, as stated above, died in the accident.
1000/ , would be sent.
300/. per month.
The appellants are the parents of one Gurdeep Singh who, while he and his fiancee were going on a scooter, was knocked down by a P.W.D. Lorry belonging to the Government of Punjab and was killed.
Jaganmohan Reddy J. This is an appeal by special leave against the judgment of the Punjab and Haryana High Court which interfered and reduced the companypensation awarded by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Punjab by Rs.
