Krishna And Ors. vs Himachal Pradesh Public Works ... on 23 December, 1994
9. In the aforesaid background, the salary of the deceased can appropriately be fixed at Rs. 2,000/- p.m. His income from orchard can be Rs. 400/- per month, total coming to Rs. 2,400/- per month. The deceased would be spending at least Rs. 400/- towards personal expenses. In this case, the multiplier method would be more relevant as compared to the unit system since the. income of the deceased from the two sources is quite clear from the evidence. So far as the multiplier is concerned, Mr. A.K. Goel emphasises strenuously that it should be 161/2 and places reliance on decisions like Swaran Kaur v. Maghar Singh 1994 ACJ 45 (P&H); Halima Khatoon v. N.D.M.C. 1994 ACJ 95 (Delhi); Darshana v. Raj Shah Singh 1994 ACJ 668 (P&H); and Hardeo Kaur v. Rajasthan State Road Trans. Corporation 1992 ACJ 300 (SC). Mr. R.M. Bisht, learned Assistant Advocate General, submits that the multiplier used by the Tribunal is on the higher side.