Ahmed are before us, praying for enhancement of the amount of companypensation for his death arising out of a motor accident which took place on 3.9.2003.
The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal awarded a total sum of Rs.
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6 lakhs.
Interest on the said sum was allowed at the rate of 6 per annum.
A claim petition was filed by the appellants herein claiming companypensation for a sum of Rs.25,95,000/ .
The said companytention was rejected by the High Court.
The High Court having regard to the materials brought on records was of the opinion that application of the multiplier of 15 was improper.
It dashed with a jeep for which a criminal case was instituted.
5,000/ per month, multiplier of 15 was applied by the learned Tribunal.
On the premise that the income of the deceased at the time of accident was Rs.
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The heirs and legal representatives of deceased Mohd.
An appeal was preferred thereagainst by the respondent Insurance Company.
Ordinarily, the Appellate Court should number interfere with the amount of companypensation assessed by the Tribunal but there may be some exceptional case.8474/2007 Delay companydoned.
Leave granted.
The deceased was riding on a motorcycle.
Quantification of companypensation in a case of this nature would depend upon the facts and circumstances of each case.
It applied multiplier of 12, and in terms thereof the amount of companypensation was quantified at Rs.
4,49,500/ .
