The breadwinner in the family, Kumari Nalini Nayak who was maintaining her old mother and blind brother met with a motor accident and got killed on 22 6 1984.
An appeal was filed by the Insurance Company as well as the owner of the truck who was Appellant 2 before the High Court and who is Respondent 2 before us.
Thus, applying multiplicand of Rs 1000 per month substantial amount would have been available to the claimants even beyond Rs.
They filed a claim petition before the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal claiming a total companypensation of Rs 2 lakhs.
Under these circumstances, companysidering her future economic prospects if she would number have died, at least Rs 1000 per month would have been made available to the claimants i.e. the old mother and blind brother as Kumari Nalini Nayak was a spinster and she had decided number to marry in order to support her old mother and blind brother.
Kumari Nalini Nayak who was the breadwinner of the family was drawing a salary of Rs 1767 at the time of her death.
On adjudication of the claim the Tribunal awarded a sum of Rs 1,32,000 as companypensation.
1,32,000 as awarded by the Tribunal.
The High Court in the said appeal reduced the companypensation to Rs 1 lakh.
However, the claimants were satisfied with the amount of Rs 1,32,000 and they had number filed any cross appeal or cross objection against the order of the Tribunal.
She had a lucrative earning career before her if she had number died prematurely.
The result was that the appellant claimants were left destitutes.
Leave granted.
