P.S. Somanathan & Ors vs District Insurance Officers & Anr on 17 February, 2011
8. As could be seen from the dictum In the case
of P.SSOMANATHAN & OTHERS VS. DISTRICT
INSURANCE OFFICER & ANOTHER, the Apex Court
dealing with a case of bachelor held that the age of the
victim should be taken into consideration and not the age
of parents. Besides, it is also held that merely because the
victim is a bachelor, 50% of his monthly earnings cannot
be deducted, it should be 1/31(1 only.