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COMPENSATION FOR LOSS OF INCOME:

14. The petitioner, Mohd. Shakil has claimed in para 03 of his evidence affidavit, Ex.PW­1/A that he is a tailor and was doing work on contract basis with M/s Style India, A­35, Sector­7, Noida, UP and was earning a sum of Rs.11,200/­ per month and has also averred in para 07 of his evidence affidavit that he has suffered loss of income due to this accident. However, PW­1, Mohd Shakil has admitted during his cross­examination on 23.04.2012 that there is no written contract regarding his employment with M/s Style India. He has further admitted that he had left the services of M/s Style India after the accident and thereafter joined M/s Softex, RZ­555/22, Tughlakabad Extn, New Delhi as a tailor. He has also admitted that both the firms i.e. M/s Softex and M/s Style India are proprietorship firms of Mr Ejaj Kamal. He has further admitted that no appointment letter was issued to him either by M/s Style India or M/s Softex. The petitioner has not examined any official from M/s Style India nor has got examined Mr Ejaj Kamal who is proprietor of the said firm to prove his avocation, monthly earnings, leave taken from office or attendance record. Keeping in view the overall facts and circumstances of the case and the documents filed on record as well as the nature of injuries suffered by the petitioner which resulted in his hospitalization, I am of the opinion that a lump­sum amount of Rs. 20,000/­ under this head would be sufficient to meet the ends of justice.