Sanmuga Vadivu vs Manivannan C on 29 November, 2023
"11. However, the Tribunal had accepted the views,
principles and the method of income arrived by the Apex
Court in Syed Sadiq Vs. United India Insurance
Company, reported in 2014 (1) TNMAC 459 case. In the
said case the Hon'ble Apex Court fixed the monthly
notional income at Rs.6,500/- for a vegetable vendor, who
sustained injuries in the accident which occurred in the
year 2008. The Tribunal also took the same figure of
Rs.6,500/- for the deceased who met with accident and
died during the year 2014. However, the Tribunal failed
to consider that the accident occurred during the year
2014 and other factors as mentioned below before fixing
the monthly salary of the deceased.