DALBIR KAUR Vs. PRITAM SINGH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) BOTH the appeals are connected and relate to the same accident where two persons died who were brothers. FAO No. 309 of 2001 relates to a claim for compensation for death of Manjeet Singh and FAO No. 4020 of 2001 is for death of Kuldeep Singh. The accident was reported to have taken place on 8.6.1998. Kuldeep Singh had died on the spot while Manjit Singh died little later after the accident.

(2.) WHILE assessing the compensation for death of Manjit Singh the tribunal took note of the evidence that he was JBT trained but was not actually employed as a teacher but was attending to agriculture and also augmenting his income by running Tata Sumo as a taxi. He had also undertaken training for honey gathering and it was stated that he had several sources of income like tuitions that earned for him Rs. 2000/ -, Rs. 3000/ - from car business and Rs. 2,000/ - from selling honey and agriculture. The tribunal took the income at Rs. 3,000/ - adopted a multiplier of 15 and assessed a compensation of Rs. 3,64,000/ -.

(3.) IN FAO No. 4020 of 2001 the deceased was a constable earning Rs. 6206/ -. I will re -work the compensation by making a provision for prospect of increase at 50% and apply the scales suggested in Sarla Verma Vs. Delhi Road Transport Corporation reported in : (2009) 6 SC 121. The various heads of compensation are tabulated as under: -