Smt. Anuradha Bhattacharya vs Sh. Satyajeet on 16 December, 2014
38. The petitioner is thus awarded Rs.16,50,000/(Rs.Sixteen Lacs Fifty
Thousand only) with interest at the rate of 7.5% per annum in view of
judgment of Rajesh and others V.Rajbir Singh(supra) from the date of
filing of petition till its realisation including, interim award, if any already
passed in favour of the petitioner and against the respondents. Petitioner
no.2 is the minor sister of deceased. Petitioner no.1/PW3 stated in the
crossexamination that she is earning and her daughters were dependent
on her. Petitioner no.3 is the maternal grand mother of deceased, hence
it can not be said that she was dependent on deceased. The
petitioner/PW3 stated in the crossexamination that the father of victim is
not staying with her and she has remarried to Sh.Deeptiman
Bhattacharya and she is supporting her daughter. The petitioners have
also filed on record an affidavit dated 16.08.2013 of Sh.Krishan Kapoor
biological father of deceased as per which deceased Ms.Sneha Kapoor
was born on 02.10.1987 from his wedlock with petitioner no.1 and they
divorced by mutual consent on 03.08.2002 and the custody of deceased
was handed over to petitioner no.1 and he has no objection to decree or
compensation being awarded in favour of petitioner no.1.