Smt Usha Bagrecha vs Shahjahan And Ors on 30 May, 2012
25) Coming now to CMA No.235/2000 filed by appellant-Smt.Usha Bagrecha for the death of her minor child Chintu aged three years in which case she was awarded only a sum of Rs.75,000/- as compensation, it is to be noted that the Tribunal has awarded a very meager amount of Rs.75,000/- as compensation for this death claim case. This Court in Smt.Nana Devi supra while taking into consideration the aspect of future prospects in such matters and number of Supreme Court judgments, where children died on account of accident, accepting that if he/she lived longer life, he/she would certainly have advanced in life to be of help to his/her family and utility to the nation, while relying upon the judgments of Supreme Court in R.K. Malik and Another Vs. Kiran Pal and Others : (2009) 14 SCC 1, Oriental Insurance Co.Ltd.