Munna Lal Jain & Anr vs Vipin Kumar Sharma & Ors on 15 May, 2015
21. It is not in dispute that, as per the pay slips for the
month of January 2015 and February 2015 marked at
Ex.P23, the deceased was drawing a gross salary of
Rs.26,567/- per month. The appointment letter reveals that,
the deceased was a permanent employee at Schneider Electric
India Pvt. Ltd. The pay slips reveals that, the income tax of
Rs.340/- and profession tax of Rs.200/- was deducted.
Hence, after deducting a sum of Rs.340/- and Rs.200/-, the
net salary of the deceased comes to Rs.26,027/-. The learned
counsel for the respondent No.2 submitted that, the age of
the petitioner to be taken into account. But as per the
unreported ruling reported in Civil Appeal No.4497/2015
between Munna Lal Jain and another vs. Vipin Kumar
Sharma and others, the Hon'ble Apex Court held that, the age
of the deceased has to be taken into account for applying the
proper multiplier.