Smt Dhaneshwari & Anr. vs Tejeshwar Singh & Ors. on 19 March, 2012
185. There was no evidence with regard to the deceased‟s income or
his qualification. His income could have been taken only on
the basis of minimum wages payable to an unskilled worker.
The addition of 50% was not permissible for the reasons as
stated earlier. The loss of dependency comes to `5,91,138/-
(`5278 - 1/3 X 12 X 14). The compensation on account of loss
of love and affection is also required to be reduced to `25,000/-
from `75,000/-.(Sunil Sharma v. Bachitar Singh (2011) 11 SCC
425 and Baby Radhika Gupta v. Oriental Insurance Company
Limited (2009) 17 SCC 627).