NEW INDIA ASSURANCE COMPANY LTD Vs. BHIKHANI DEVI

JUDGEMENT

(1.) HEARD counsel appearing for the appellant and the counsel appearing for the respondents-claimants on the limitation matter(I.A.NO.2662/2008).

(2.) THE application(I.A.No.2662/2008) has been filed by the appellant for condoning the delay of ten days in filing the instant appeal.

(3.) COUNSEL appearing for the appellant-Company has submitted that the trial court has awarded compensation to the claimant without considering the appropriate number of the multiplier. The trial court has taken 17 as multiplier which is excessive and unreasonable in the facts and circumstances of the case, as the deceased was only 21 years of age at the time of occurrence and he was unmarried. The parents of the deceased were 61 and 56 years of age at the relevant period. Therefore, the number taken as the multiplier is absolutely illegal. According to law it should be 8 to 10.