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119. In National Insurance Co. Ltd., v. Minor Deepika and others reported in 2009 (1) TN MAC 671 (DB), while considering the parameters to be taken into consideration for determining the monthly income of a house-wife, the Hon'ble Division Bench, at Paragraphs 8 to 11, opined as follows:

"8. General Recommendation No. 17 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) deals with measurement and quantification of the unremunerated domestic activities of women and their recognition in the Gross National Product. It affirmed that the measurement and quantification of the unremunerated domestic activities of women which contribute to development in each country will help to reveal the de facto economic role of women and it recommended that States-Parties should inter alia encourage and support research to evaluate the unremunerated domestic activities of women and to quantify and to include this in the Gross National Product. It is recognised that most of the unpaid work around the world is performed by women.

122. In Arun Kumar Agrawal's case, though the legal representatives claimed that the deceased earned Rs.50,000/- per month by painting and handicrafts, the tribunal therein, fixed the monthly income at Rs.5,000/- for computing the loss of contribution to the family and awarded Rs.6,00,000/- as compensation. But then, on appeal, the High Court reduced the same. When the correctness of the said decision of the High Court was tested, the Hon'ble Supreme Court, by considering the various principles, viz., The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), gratuitous service rendered by the wife/mother and also by observing that gender equality has to be maintained in assessing compensation for house wives, restored the original compensation awarded by the claims tribunal.