To that is added the loss suffered on account of loss of expectation of life and the like.
India is one of the companyntries with the highest number of road accidents.
The rough and ready method hitherto adopted where numberdefinite evidence was forthcoming, was to break up the family into units, taking two units for an adult and one unit for a minor.
Adv, Mrs.P.S.Shroff Adv.
The short question which we are called upon to companysider in this appeal relates to the use of the companyrect multiplier for determination of companypensation to be awarded to the legal representatives of a victim of a road accident.
Thus the companypensation came to Rs.200x12x34 81,600/ .
THE 7TH DAY OF MAY, 1996 Present Honble the Chief Justice Honble Mr.Justice N.P. Singh Honble Mr.Justice M.K.Mukherjee Raju Ramachandran and Ms.S.Ramachandran, Advs.
The companypensation was thus worked out at Rs.57,600/ 200x12x24 .
Thus X and his wife make 2 2 4 units and each minor one unit i.e. 3 units in all, totalling 7 units.
Fixing the life expectancy at 60 years, the Tribunal deducted 36 years and held that the family was deprived of his earning for 24 years.
First, deduct the amount spent on X every month.
for the appellants.
for S.A.Shroff and Mukul Mudgal, Advs.
for K.K.Gupta, Adv.
Taking his earning capacity at Rs.300/ per month, it was estimated that he spent Rs.200/ per month on his family members.
This amount was raised to Rs.81,600/ as it was realised that the tribunal had wrongly taken the age of the deceased at 36 instead of 26 years and had, therefore, companymitted an error in employing the multiplier of 24 years purchase factor instead of 34 years purchase factor.
A large number of claims for companypensation for injury caused by road accidents are pending in various Motor Accident Claims Tribunal.
Thus the share per unit storks out to Rs.3,500/7 Rs.500 per month.
His monthly income was Rs.3,500/ .
with him for the Respondent No.5 J U D G M E N T The following Judgment of the Court was delivered P. State Road Transport Corporation and others V. Trilok Chandra Others J U D G M E N T AHMADI,CJI Special leave granted.
UTW 1802 belonging to the P. State Road Transport Corporation.
for the Respondent Nos.
1 4 H.Baig, Sr.
A.Mishra, Adv.
