Ram Singh vs Union Of India & Ors. on 16 March, 2010
20. For calculating the compensation for pecuniary loss of dependency,
the multiplier method (multiplier value given in the Second Schedule of
the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 Yearly income of the deceased less the
amount spent on himself or herself) is used. This has been adopted in
G.M., Kerala SRTC v. Susamma Thomas AIR 1994 SC 1631, Mrs.
Sudha Rasheed v. Union of India 1995 (1) SCALE 77, U.P. State Road
Transport Corporation v. Trilok Chandra (1996) 4 SCC 362, Smt.
Kamla Devi v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi and Ram Kishore v. MCD.