LALITA Vs. DEVI SAHAI

JUDGEMENT

(1.) MRS . Lalita and three others have filed this appeal against the award of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Jaipur by which an amount of Rs. 52,660/ - was granted on account of accidental death of Sita Ram, husband of Lalita.

(2.) THE appeal is for the enhancement and increase of the amount of award. It is common ground that deceased Sita Ram was only 23 years of age at the time of this fatal accident. It is also now established on record that at the time of death he was earning Rs. 276/ - per month as a painter.

(3.) THE Tribunal has allowed different multipliers for the claimants, who are his wife, son and parents. In my opinion the multiplier of 40 should be applied for all instead of employing different multipliers of different years. The son was only one year of age. Wife Lalita was 19 years of age at the time of death of the deceased and even the parents are not more than 42 years of age, so far as father is concerned and 38 years was the age of mother.