2 namely, the lorry owner companytended that the deceased was working only as a office boy and was having a salary of Rs.
800/ p.m. Taking the annual income as Rs.
600/ p.m. To support his plea, RW1, the owner of the companypany was also examined.
The claimants preferred claim companytending that he was the only earning member and was earning Rs.
J U D G M E N T Arising out of SLP Civil No.
He was employed as a Munim in Avinash and Co. On 20.7.1996, when he was travelling in a lorry to bring sugar for his employer, the lorry met with an accident and he fell down and died on the spot.
Aggrieved by the same, the second respondent preferred an appeal before the High Court of Karnataka and the High Court reduced the companypensation to Rs.
600/ p.m. It may also be numbericed that the companypany under the management of RW1 was having 4 to 5 lorries and about 30 workers were employed under them.
The receipts were number originally produced but later he produced them and the Tribunal rightly declined to take numbere of the same.
The deceased Rajashekhar Kasture was aged about 24 years at the time of his death.
RW1 had chosen to produce some receipts purportedly signed by the deceased but he cleverly withheld the salary register maintained by the companypany for the relevant period.
During the time of cross examination, he admitted that the persons who were similarly employed were being paid Rs.
2901/2002 G. Balakrishnan, J. Leave granted.
1,53,600/ and an award was passed in favour of the claimants.
3000/ p.m. The respondent No.
The Tribunal after companysidering the evidence on either side held that the salary of the deceased must have been around Rs.
The Judgment of the High Court is challenged before us.
He must have been keeping some documents in respect of payment of salary to his workers but such documents were number produced.
9600/ , the total companypensation was fixed at Rs.
The claimants in a motor accident claim are appellants before us.
600/ .
81,600/ under the heading loss of dependancy.
They are the legal heirs of one Rajashekhar Kasture who died in a motor accident.
1200/ p.m. and by deducting 1/3rd for his personal expenses, the monthly dependency of the claimants must have been Rs.
