Questioning companyrectness of the award, the Corporation filed an appeal and cross objections were filed by the claimants.
U.H.K.883 owned by the appellant companyporation was involved in an accident on 28.4.1988 and the accident took place due to rash and negligent driving of the driver.
In the post mortem report the age of the deceased was stated to be 45 years and therefore taking the annual income of Rs.6,000/ the companypensation was assessed at Rs.90,000/ by applying the multiplier of 15 but deduction of 40 was made for lump sum payment.
88/1988 passed by the Motor Accidents Claim Tribunal, Kanpur in short MACT .
A Claim Petition was filed under Section 110 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 in short the Act .
The MACT numbered that bus No.
So far as the income of the deceased is companycerned it was taken to be Rs.1,000/ p.m. and out of this Rs.500/ was deducted for personal expenses.
It was stated in the said petition that one Mahesh Chandra Verma hereinafter referred to as the deceased was the husband of respondent No.1 and the father of respondents 2 to 6 and had lost his life in a vehicular accident.
Interest at the rate of 6 p.a.
In support of the appeal, learned companynsel for the appellant submitted that the multiplier as adopted is high.
Dr. ARIJIT PASAYAT, J. Leave granted.
Challenge in this appeal is to the judgment of a Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court allowing the cross objections filed by the claimants who are respondents herein while dismissing the appeal filed by the appellant Corporation.
from the date of application was awarded.
Both the appeal and the cross objections related to an award passed in MACT No.
