Unknown vs Appellant(S)/2Nd on 29 April, 2015
In doing
so, this Court is guided by the principle as laid down in
Valsa's case, by a Division Bench of this Court, wherein,
for a 47 year old deceased, the entire salary was taken for
10 years and half of the pension for the remaining 3 years
on which the multiplier was applied. In the present case,
the deceased had a service left of 3 years and hence, the
multiplier has to be split as 3 and 8. The loss of income
being computed at Rs.59,485/-, the total compensation
payable on a multiplier of '3' would be Rs.21,41,460/-
(59,485 X 12 X 3). The balance multiplier to be applied is
'8'. Upon retirement, only half of the salary can be
computed for loss. However, as has been pointed out by
the learned counsel appearing for the respondents the
deceased definitely had future prospects since he was an
Academician and was a Professor, teaching History in an
Aided College.